Panel Discussion
“Burying Carbon Dioxide in Underground Saline Aquifers: Political Folly or Climate Change Fix?”
Graham Thomson

This 2009 POWI Conference was focused on the Discussion Paper,  “Burying Carbon Dioxide in Underground Saline Aquifers: Political Folly or Climate Change Fix?” by Graham Thomson. According to many experts, carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a key solution to climate change. The governments of Canada and Alberta propose to capture huge quantities of carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial smokestacks, compress the gas into fluid and dispose of it forever in deep underground saline formations. But some critics say it’s a bad idea. They question how billions of tonnes of highly compressed carbon dioxide will behave underground. At the Conference, diverse panels provided a response to the Discussion Paper, and discussed statutory authority and preparedness, and legal and liability issues.According to many experts, carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a key solution to climate change. The governments of Canada and Alberta propose to capture huge quantities of carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial smokestacks, compress the gas into fluid and dispose of it forever in deep underground saline formations.

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