Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS)

Folger, Peter

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Air pollution;    Global climate change;    Carbon dioxide;    Environmental protection;    Environmental law and legislation;   

RP-ID  :  RL33801
RP-ID  :  RL33801_2009Jun19

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Carbon capture and sequestration (or storage) - known as CCS - has attracted interest as a measure for mitigating global climate change because large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from fossil fuel use in the United States are potentially available to be captured and stored underground or prevented from reaching the atmosphere. Congressional interest has grown in CCS as part of legislative strategies to address climate change. The large and rapid influx of funding for industrial-scale CCS projects may acceleratedevelopment and deployment of CO2 capture technologies.