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Switzerland to store CO2 below ocean floor (www.swissinfo.ch)

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The Swiss government has decided to ratify an international treaty that would allow it to capture and export carbon dioxide (CO2) for storage deep beneath ocean floor sediments.

On Wednesday, the Federal Council decided to ratify an amendment to the 1996 Protocol to the 1972 Convention to the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, also known as the London Protocol. This would allow the export of CO2 for storage in sub-seabed geological formations from 2024. ...

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[–] 5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Sounds a bit like: "Denmark is cool with storing radioactive waste in the Alps"