Introduction

"Everyone can describe it; some believe in it, but most have yet to be persuaded that it actually exists." With this tongue-in-cheek description of carbon capture and storage (CCS) from Private Eye in 2023, Marc Hudson opens his ambitious project. Rather than focusing on whether CCS works technically, Carbon Capture and Storage in the United Kingdom: History, Policies and Politics explores why CCS remains a recurring theme in British climate politics. Initially, I questioned why Hudson would dedicate an entire book to a technology often labelled a "failure." However, Hudson shows ...