Tell the White House: Carbon Capture is NOT a Climate Solution

Fossil fuel corporations are claiming that they can keep burning coal and gas and capture the carbon emissions. In reality, the technology has a demonstrated record of failure, and is mostly used to produce more oil. Carbon capture is a dangerous distraction from real climate solutions!

The White House Council on Environmental Quality is currently accepting public comments on how the Biden administration should handle carbon capture projects. This is a critical opportunity to tell the White House that we want real climate solutions, not more fossil fuel scams. They need to hear from you!

Submit a public comment to the White House to oppose dangerous carbon capture projects.

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I’m deeply concerned about carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (“CCUS”). CCUS is largely new and unproven technology, yet the federal government is preparing to spend billions of taxpayer dollars on this and other climate  schemes. 
 
President Biden and members of his administration have regularly and correctly named climate change as an existential threat to humanity. But investing in CCUS is a dangerous distraction from REAL climate solutions. Capturing carbon dioxide is a very energy intensive process, and it allows for continued extraction and burning of coal, oil, and gas. These operations have poisoned communities for decades, and capturing emissions at the final step of energy production does nothing to prevent the negative air, water, and health impacts associated with drilling and mining.

Developing CCUS at a large scale would also require thousands of miles of new pipelines to transport liquefied carbon dioxide. These pipelines pose a grave threat to public safety, as vapor clouds of carbon dioxide can easily spread for miles and lead to hallucinations, intoxication, asphyxiation, and death.

It is possible to transition our economy to 100% clean, renewable energy through rapid electrification, phasing out fossil fuels, and improved land management and restoration, keeping global warming at or below 1.5° C without utilizing CCUS.

I urge you to set aside the distraction of carbon capture and instead mobilize the resources of the federal government to support a true clean, renewable energy revolution.

Sincerely,

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[Your Address]