Australia designates seabed site to store carbon pollution
Associated Press ·
The Australian government has designated a seabed storage site off its northern coast where a Japanese company plans to store hundreds of millions of tons of carbon dioxide using a technology that has divided climate scientists. While the project still requires several more rounds of approval before construction begins, it’s set to become Australia’s largest carbon capture and storage operation. Proponents say the project will play an important role in reducing emissions from hard-to-abate industries. Critics say it will harm understudied habitats and wildlife while promoting a technology that prolongs the use of heavily polluting fossil fuels.