Barrasso, Schatz Successfully Include CO2 Capture Technology Amendment to Energy Bill

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Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Brian Schatz, (D-HI), praised the Senate for passing their bipartisan clean-air-technology amendment (S.A. 3017) to the Energy Policy Modernization Act. The amendment creates a prize system to encourage innovative technologies to remove carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere and permanently sequester it.

"This amendment encourages American ingenuity and innovation," said Senator Barrasso. "It makes sense to look for alternative approaches for removing and permanently sequestering excess carbon dioxide."

"By providing a financial incentive to cut carbon pollution, we can encourage the innovation of new, affordable technologies and protect our environment," said Senator Schatz. "We all know that climate change is the challenge of our generation, and this amendment can help create one more tool to use in the fight against it."

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