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Search ArticlesCarbon Capture, Or Government Capture? Keir Starmer's Flimsy, Divisive Case For CCS
Dear readers, please note: while The Climate Laundry remains on hiatus, this article represents a break in our currently scheduled lack of programming. As ever, please email me at contact (at) davidrvetter (dot) com to voice your complaints or criticisms. On Thursday, Keir Starmer took to the pages of British tabloid The Sun to make his case for throwing £22bn at carbon capture and storage.
Climate Laundry Bulletin, 12 July 2024: A Break In Our Scheduled Programming
Ajit Niranjan in The Guardian reports on data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service that shows global temperatures between July 2023 and June 2024 were the highest on record, and 1.5 Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) higher than pre-industrial era average. As Ajit notes, this doesn’t constitute a breach of the Paris Agreement goal of limiting temperature rise to 1.5 Celsius this century as that figure refers to a multi-decade average.