Carbon capture technologies could allow polluters to shirk responsibilities to slash their emissions, according to the cross-party Environmental Audit Committee.
MPs are questioning the energy secretary Kwasi Kwarteng over plans to burn wood pellets and suck the emissions out of the air to help the country meet its climate goals.
Burning wood to create electricity is currently classed as renewable by the UK and EU in the belief that trees grow back. Industry says combining bioenergy with carbon capture and storage would generate"negative emissions" that could offset pollution elsewhere.
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