The Heartland Institute 5 Carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects have become an increasingly popular method by which climate activists pursue their ultimate goal of global “net-zero” carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Rather than focusing upon the societal harms of climate alarmism in general, this paper will focus specifically on the harms inflicted by CCS, with a particular emphasis upon the revocation of private property rights through the use of eminent domain.

This paper begins with a brief background of the chain of events and overarching agenda that has spawned CCS and an explanation of the CCS process. It then covers the significant public health and environmental problems that can be the direct result of CCS projects, as well as the massive public-private partnerships and funding mechanisms that incentivize the proliferation of CCS. The paper will close by clarifying how CCS indeed poses an imminent threat to Americans’ fundamental private property rights and providing specific recommendations for policymakers to protect those rights and push back against the green agenda.

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