Campaigners urge chancellor to scrap spending on ‘fairytale’ carbon capture

October 27, 2026 · 1:28 pm 1 sources

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• Campaigners urge chancellor to scrap spending on ‘fairytale’ carbon capture
  The Guardian · October 27, 2026 13:28
  Chris Packham among voices calling on Treasury to scale back £24bn for ‘national embarrassment’ projects in budget Campaigners are calling on the chancellor to cut the government’s £24bn spending plans for “fairytale” carbon capture technologies in favour of funding green schemes that can reliably…