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Behind the Lines

Burying Disbelief

A politician stands next to a large industrial facility in a hi-vis vest, the vest reflects the sun's rays back into space. Text reads: 'How carbon capture and storage works'.

Jon Kudelka
24 April 2021

Jon Kudelka suggests that new tools to combat global warming and fossil fuel emissions, such as carbon capture and storage, may in fact rely on the time-honoured political razzle-dazzle of ribbon-cutting ceremonies and media events.

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