Details of the .Gov petition.
Pause UK offshore CO₂ storage projects and conduct full safety and legal review
We ask the Government to pause all UK offshore CO₂ storage projects until a full independent safety, environmental and legal assessment is completed. Some research suggests that injecting impure CO₂ can risk acid formation, toxic metal release, and long-term damage to marine ecosystems and aquifers.
The Public Accounts Committee, Parliament’s own spending watchdog has already warned that Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology is untested at scale in the UK and has a mixed record globally. We think large-scale CCS is being advanced at speed despite major gaps in transparency, regulation, and public consultation.
| This section shows the results of the above petition after the 6 month open period. This petition is now CLOSED. |
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This petition was only realised by the general public too late in the day to get the true result. Having said that to get almost 1/3 of a 100K signatures shows how the public are offended by the plan. |
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The table across shows the number of signatures recorded in each constituancy |