COP26: A carbon capture reality check
Over 50 countries arrived at COP26 with net-zero emission targets, but many rely on high hopes for carbon capture tech. Today, a reality check — will carbon capture help us, or provide excuses for more pollution?
Among the many promises heard this week at COP26 — the UN climate summit in Scotland — was a commitment from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to cap Canada's oil and gas emissions.
As the oilpatch reacted, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney was quick to suggest a familiar alternative: investing in carbon capture technology.
Today on Front Burner, we're sorting out the promise and the pitfalls of the technology. First, oil and gas reporter Nicholas Kusnetz from Inside Climate News tells us how industry has both developed and profited from carbon capture. Then, CBC foreign correspondent Chris Brown takes us to Iceland to detail the tentative hopes for direct air capture technology.