COP28: Dubai deal delivered

A call to transition energy systems away from fossil fuels – the first time oil and gas had been included in a COP agreement – won over those demanding strong action; but oil producers and developing countries were reassured by assertions that countries are free to follow their own paths to net zero.

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Carbon capture isn’t an easy fix

One country provides an instructive example. For decades, the US has dedicated billions of dollars in federal government spending — both grants and tax credits — to propel carbon capture ventures at power plants and industrial facilities, but it has little to show for that largesse. Just 14 projects are operating today, with half of them tied to the very cheapest applications — gas processing and ethanol production — according to a database by the non-governmental organization Clean Air Task Force.

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