Carbon capture industry says Trump EPA is wrong to underestimate them

Published December 11, 2018 5:00am ET



The carbon capture industry is smarting from the Trump administration’s determination last week that their product is not ready for prime time and looking to prove that it is feasible and worthwhile to trap carbon emissions from power plants and industries.

“The Trump administration is implying that carbon capture is not achievable,” Matt Lucas, an associate director at Carbon180, a nonprofit group pushing the technology, told the Washington Examiner. “That’s not consistent with 25 years of experience with major carbon capture projects, including those in the power sector.”

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