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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Matthew Taylor

Climate scientists call on Labour to pause £1bn plans for carbon capture

(From left) Shadow Secretary of State of Climate Change and Net Zero, Ed Miliband, Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Labour Leader Keir Starmer - all in hi-vis jackets - take a boat trip on the River Tees during a visit to PD ports on April 18, 2024 in Teesside
Ed Miliband, Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer visit Teesside, the location of a proposed multibillion-pound carbon capture and storage project. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Leading climate scientists are urging the government to pause plans for a billion pound investment in “green technologies” they say are unproven and would make it harder for the UK to reach its net zero targets.

Labour has promised to invest £1bn in carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) to produce blue hydrogen and to capture carbon dioxide from new gas-fired power stations – with a decision on the first tranche of the funding expected imminently.

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