To achieve carbon neutrality by 2045, California needs to embrace carbon capture and storage (CCS), according to a study by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).

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Researchers urged the state to develop 10 CCS projects covering capture, transport and storage that would store 125 million tons/year of carbon dioxide (CO2).

LLNL’s work dovetails with a joint effort by units at Stanford University last year that developed an action plan for policymakers detailing opportunities, challenges and solutions for CCS in California.

Carbon neutrality would “require concerted efforts to implement underground carbon storage at scale, build new CO2 pipelines, expand collection and processing of waste biomass, and accelerate learning on important technologies like direct-air...