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Citizens want CO2 capture for power plants

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Published: May 10th, 2022,
Last updated: February 15th, 2023

Europe’s citizens call for additional efforts to cut carbon emissions from gas and coal-fired power plants. Fossil-fuel power plants in the EU should be required to use „CO2 filters“, according to the final report of the Conference on the Future of Europe. Member states that lack the financial resources to do so should be supported. The report makes no statement on whether the captured carbon dioxide should subsequently be stored or reused in carbon cycles – for example, to produce synthetic fuels.

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