Sekera and a colleague reviewed 200 papers on the topic , including direct air capture and point-source capture. "A carbon removal process can be labelled as 'net-negative' when it removes more carbon dioxide than the emissions required to achieve that removal. "Fossil fuel companies [being] involved in carbon removal is controversial," said Shuchi Talati, a senior policy advisor with Carbon 180, a D.C.-based NGO. While she acknowledged that this sort of technology may be important in the interim, she said "the public should benefit from [carbon capture] technology." Talati said regulation and transparency of carbon capture would allow governments to procure carbon storage as a public service.

Source: CBC News January 14, 2021 19:39 UTC