Carbon capture and storage: Bligh investing in a false solution

Friends of the Earth Brisbane calls today's announcement by the Bligh Government that they will seek funding for two carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects a step backwards for our state. CCS technology is unproven and diverts us from implementing genuine and existing solutions to climate change.

The focus on the unproven technology demonstrates that the Queensland government cares more about the coal industry then they do about creating real solutions to climate change.

The impacts of climate change are already being felt and instead of investing in renewable technologies the Queensland government is pouring taxpayer money into Queensland's largest contributor to climate change: the coal industry.
 

If the government was serious about addressing climate change they would not be investing in false solutions like carbon capture and storage.

Be sure to check out Four Corners this week (ABC at 8:30pm) "The Coal Nightmare" for an indepth look at our misguided reliance on CCS technology.