and it diverts billions that could and should be used to actually reduce emissions, e.g. by insulating buildings, scaling up clean renewable energy and storage, etc.

CCS has been successfully used since the 1970s to get more oil out of the ground and thereby increasing CO2 emissions. By far the most CCS today is still used that way. When it comes to climate mitigation, it's not fared well. The Norwegian carbon storage sites have hugely underperformed...

You can see here which areas are most affected by Drax's pollution at different times: www.plumeplotter.com/drax/. However, long-distance dispersal of particulates doesn't mean those are then safe to breathe in. Across UK, most particulates from biomass come from domestic wood burning.

The link to your petition, www.corporateeurope.org/en/gh2-petit... seems to have been missing in the thread. Have shared the link.

Sign our petition asking EU policy makers to:
1️⃣ Scrap green hydrogen import targets & meet climate goals through rapid phase out of fossil fuels

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✍🏽 Sign our petition asking EU politicians to:

1️⃣ Scrap green hydrogen import targets & phase out fossil fuels
2️⃣ End public subsidies for green hydrogen import infrastructure
3️⃣ Support countries in the Global South with their own just transitions

www.corporateeurope.org/en/gh2-petit...

🤫 Can’t make it tomorrow?

Watch the Global online screening instead on 3 Dec at 19h00: corporateeurope.org/en/gh2-global-premiere