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Nature 452, 151 (13 March 2008) | doi:10.1038/452151b; Published online 12 March 2008
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Six Lectureships - Carbon Capture
- University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University
- Edinburgh United Kingdom
Professor of Urology (W3)
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- Jena 07740 Germany
Directive will unleash new generation of coal polluters
Mark Avery1, John Sauven2, Keith Allot3, Benedict Southworth4 & Andrew Pendleton5
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, UK
- Greenpeace, Canonbury Villas, London N1 2PN, UK
- World Development Movement, 66 Offley Road, London SW9 0LS, UK
- WWF, Panda House, Weyside Park, Godalming, Surrey GU7 1XR, UK
- Christian Aid, 35 Lower Marsh, London SE1 7RL, UK
We find that the European Union's proposed directive on carbon-capture 'readiness', as reported in your News story 'Europe to capture carbon', is unacceptable (Nature 451, 232; 2008). It clears the way for a new generation of coal-fired power stations to be built in Europe without any abatement of emissions when they start operating, and without any certainty about when, or if, such technology will be available and affordable.
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