Climate Changed
Big Coal Wants You to Pay to Fix Its Problem
Fossil fuel producers may need $90 billion a year or more to spread carbon capture technology.
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Some of the world’s biggest fossil-fuel producers are calling on taxpayers to help them kick their pollution habit.
The world’s biggest oil, natural gas and mining companies are stepping up their campaign to deploy carbon capture and storage, or CCS, as way to slow global warming. But with a potential $90-billion-a-year price tag, it’s too rich for them to do it on their own.