Ep. 22 The Risks of Carbon Capture and Storage

Pulling the carbon out of the air and storing it underground may sound like a dream solution to Climate Change, but 50 years into attempts it still isn't economically viable as a solution, and increasingly advocates worry about potential risks to human health and our environment related to carbon storage. We talk with Becky Smith of Clean Water Action and Paige Powell of Commission Shift to learn what Carbon Capture is and what the associated risks are. Later in the episode our research Jadyn Bray Boyce has a story on droughts in Texas, and our researcher Siena Yiin discusses compostable plastic.