In the long run, it will likely be attainable to move CO2 throughout borders and retailer it completely underground – for instance beneath the seabed. The Bundestag voted for a corresponding regulation.
In the long run, climate-damaging carbon dioxide may be saved beneath the ocean off Germany’s coast. On Thursday night, the Bundestag handed a regulation that creates the authorized necessities for using so-called CCS know-how there. CCS stands for Carbon Capture and Storage.
This implies that CO2, which is produced throughout cement or lime manufacturing, may be captured and completely saved within the seabed. This is just taboo in particular protected areas.
The SPD MP Dunja Kreiser emphasised “that the CCS in the seabed is not a replacement for consistent climate protection on land, but only a supplementary option for unavoidable residual emissions.” At the identical time, MPs accepted a change to the so-called London Protocol for marine safety. Alternatively, this allows CO2 to be exported to different international locations for storage there.
Criticism from the opposition
The opposition didn’t be part of the black-red payments. The left-wing faction’s local weather coverage spokesman, Fabian Fahl, accused the federal authorities of wanting to show the oceans right into a “garbage dump for the fossil lobby.” The AfD MP Michael Blos expressed doubts in regards to the dangers of CO2 emissions and complained: “The seabed is not protected, it is being made into the building block of an ideological climate policy.”
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