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Longship, Norway's flagship investment in carbon capture and storage (CCS), will be formally launched on 17th and 18th June 2025. Langskip and Northern Lights are described by the government as Norway's most important climate measures, but the truth is rather different.
Langskip, Norges storsatsing på karbonfangst og -lagring (CCS), markeres 17. og 18. juni 2025. Langskip og Northern Lights (transportløsningen for CCS) omtales av regjeringen som Norges viktigste klimatiltak, men sannheten er noe annet.
In the UK, despite hundreds of millions being spent and no commercial projects in operation, a further £25 billion has been promised in new subsidies for Carbon, Capture and Storage (CCS) and Hydrogen. This is greater than the supposed £22 billion black hole that the previous Conservative Government left the new Labour government. If Labour is looking for a quick fix to find money to fund the winter fuel allowance, they should scrap these wasteful handouts to the fossil fuel industry.
The current wave of carbon capture projects and government subsidies will only further entrench the fossil fuel industry and its impacts.
Tokyo is hosting the “Japan Energy Summit” this week, from June 3-5th. Even in the hyperbolic world of high-level meetings, this summit has lofty ambitions. It promises to accelerate “Japan’s energy transition through innovation and global connections.”
The oil and gas industry claims programs to “certify” gas will reduce emissions and allow them to market their gas as clean and safe for the climate. But a look at the companies that have committed to certification, and those who haven’t, highlights why voluntary programs fail to motivate the worst methane polluters – and why gas certification isn’t a viable climate solution.
Ask anyone on the East Coast of Canada or the US recently about their air quality, and they will tell you the same story. They will tell you that the acrid choking air from Canada’s wildfires has made their lives miserable over the last few weeks, with residents experiencing the worse air quality in years.
Hundreds of civil society organisations from dozens of countries have taken to the streets around the world to demand that the G7 stop peddling fossil fuels to developing countries and stop promoting false solutions to the climate crisis.
