{"id":4103,"date":"2015-07-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/usa\/campaign-updates\/4103\/carbon-capture-scam\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T14:36:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T14:36:15","slug":"carbon-capture-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/carbon-capture-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Carbon Capture SCAM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class='p4descriptive_paragraph'>This report shows how even the most ambitious plans for CCS also would not help avert the worst impacts of climate change. Its proponents in the federal government are also working with information that shows it would be the most expensive way to avoid CO2 pollution in the power sector. The Obama administration seems partly driven by faith in a technology that was supposed to sequester pollution from the atmosphere. 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