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How a Secret Vote by U.N. Scientists Legitimized Carbon Capture and Skewed Decades of Climate Policy


A U.N. report concluded carbon capture could offset fossil fuels’ effect on climate change. Two decades later, the process has failed to meaningfully scale up, and it’s proving hard to take the promises back.

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