Petition Pause UK offshore CO₂ storage projects and conduct full safety and legal review
We ask the Government to pause all UK offshore CO₂ storage projects until a full independent safety, environmental and legal assessment is completed. Some research suggests that injecting impure CO₂ can risk acid formation, toxic metal release, and long-term damage to marine ecosystems and aquifers.
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The Public Accounts Committee, Parliament’s own spending watchdog has already warned that Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology is untested at scale in the UK and has a mixed record globally. We think large-scale CCS is being advanced at speed despite major gaps in transparency, regulation, and public consultation.
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