Scientific American: For years, the energy companies have been telling us not to worry. Yes, mounting carbon emissions threaten to heat up the world -- but technology, particularly carbon capture and storage, or CCS, will come to the rescue.
The trouble is that there's been plenty of talk about CCS and little action, with few projects being implemented on a large scale.
That could be about to change as China and the US, who have been leading the way on CCS research in recent years, this month signed a raft of agreements...