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False Promises

By Katie Worth, Lucas Waldron, Amy Westervelt, Maddie Stone, Case Jernigan, and Anna Donlan
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Oil companies have funded research that does not require us to stop using oil and gas. ProPublica and Drilled have found that this has led to the potential and perceived effectiveness of carbon capture and storage being overstated. This nicely illustrated scrollytelling article details the technological and financial hurdles of this technology.

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