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A bad bet on carbon

The climate bill just introduced includes $2 billion to make coal cleaner through carbon capture projects. In this New York Times article, Robert Bryce cites three problems: capturing the CO2 can cut plant output by 28%; taxpayers would bear most of the cost; and the public would oppose the needed pipelines.

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