Capturing carbon and storing it is a “key mechanism” in the fight against climate change, Resources Minister Madeleine King says.
Labor Resources Minister Madeleine King will issue a full-throated endorsement of the British government’s revitalised focus on expanding carbon capture projects in the North Sea, saying Australians need more education about the benefits of the technology.voted to dilute support for carbon capture use and storage
“We need to do more to educate the public about its importance,” says Madeleine King about carbon capture and storage.“I was encouraged by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s recent renewed commitment to carbon capture projects in the North Sea as part of the United Kingdom’s efforts to reach net zero,” she says.
“And I think we need to do more to educate the public about its importance,” Ms King will say in an address to the Australian British Chamber of Commerce in Perth on Tuesday.Delegates to last week’s Labor conference voted to remove any suggestion the Australian government should offer financial support or subsidies for carbon capture and storage projects.
The latter implies a sharp pull-back by some in Labor for the gas industry, which is increasingly factoring CCUS into its expansion plans.back towards increased oil and gas production from the North Sea, saying it made “absolutely no sense” to import energy with a higher carbon footprint than domestic sources.Mr Sunak on July 31 named two new locations for carbon capture and storage “clusters”, saying they would support up to 50,000 jobs.
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