With carbon capture and storage technology still in its infancy, there's a danger that enthusiasm for renewables will edge out CCS before it can prove itself, reports Sonja van Renssen.
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van Renssen, S. CCS industry fights its corner. Nature Clim Change 1, 341–342 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1231
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