Excellent work by @recommon.org exposing the government funded #BlueHydrogen and #CCS scam being peddled by #HyNet, #EETFuels and #Eni at #Stanlow. CCS is dangerous, expensive, energy intensive and unproven at scale. Shout out to @carolynthomasms.bsky.social. #StopFundingCCS

When will politicians like #EdMiliband and #LouiseGittins realise that #HyNet, #BlueHydrogen and #CCS are false solutions that'll worsen the climate crisis? They're buying a fossil fuel industry lie and paying for it with billions of pounds of public money.

Heads up #EETFuels. Hydrogen makes sense in a few industrial applications and very little else. Refining crude isn't one of them. #HyNet is critically flawed because its key application is refining climate wrecking fossil fuels and prolonging their use.

Here's #EETFuels driving the low carbon #EnergyTransition by recommissioning a 100,000m³ crude oil storage tank to maximise capacity at its #Stanlow #LowCarbonRefinery. Yes, you read that right. The fossil fuel industry is #Greenwashing the piss out of the public and the planet.

The fossil fuel industry is insidiously entering universities including @ljmuofficial.bsky.social, @manmetuni.bsky.social and @wrexhamuni.bsky.social to recruit graduate students. Worse still, @liverpooluni.bsky.social is collaborating with #HyNet.

Here's #EETFuels pushing its gas to hydrogen #Greenwash at a sustainability event. Louise Gittins said "we can't wait for perfect technologies". We can't afford to use the wrong technologies either. The only thing #BlueHydrogen and #CCS are sustaining is the fossil fuel industry.

Plans for a gas pipeline to supply #Stanlow as part of the #HyNetNW #BlueHydrogen scheme have been pulled because the pipeline route needs to be altered. Building new fossil fuel infrastructure to produce dirty blue H₂ in a climate crisis is totally crazy.

#BlueHydrogen is gas intensive, expensive and dependent on #CCS technology which has a dodgy track record. @h2coalition.bsky.social examines six technical and economic realities and explains why there's no justification for blue H₂ without strong emissions standards.

We've lodged an appeal against the refusal of our application to seek a judicial review of the government decision to allow captured carbon dioxide to be stored in #LiverpoolBay as part of the #HyNet scheme.

New analysis by @influencemap.bsky.social has found that #BigOil majors have systematically lobbied the government to adopt a costly and emissions intensive energy policy agenda dependent on #CarbonCaptureAndStorage and the continued reliance on fossil fuels. 🧵1/2

In 2022, @wrexhamuni.bsky.social was the first university in #Wales to ban fossil fuel industry recruitment on its campuses. Yet here it is, hosting #HyNet which is a front for #Cadent, #EETFuels and #Eni to carry on pumping gas and dumping carbon dioxide. Students deserve the truth.

#BigOil behemoth and #HyNet #CCS partner #Eni has been fined €336million for rigging fuel prices. In 2022, it leaked 80,000 litres of oil into the #IrishSea. Eni isn't a fit and proper company, yet its pocketing huge taxpayer subsidies. Why #DESNZ?

Labour MS carolynthomasms.bsky.social has raised concerns in the Senedd about the environmental impact of the #HyNet carbon dioxide pipeline which will plough through communities, conservation sites and watercourses in #NorthWales. She's the only politician to speak out.

The government has been forced to review its #IndustrialStrategy after a landmark legal challenge by drandrewboswell.bsky.social found that the Environmental Principles Policy Statement within the strategy failed to address the impacts of #CarbonCaptureAndStorage.

#BlueHydrogen is an "environmental disaster" and #CarbonCaptureAndStorage is a high risk unproven technology. The fossil fuel industry is hoodwinking politicians and the public, just like the tobacco industry did by inventing low tar cigarettes. 🧵1/3

Keir Starmer has effectively blocked the #bp #H2Teesside #BlueHydrogen scheme by endorsing a rival tech development. Despite headlines claiming his decision is a blow to #NetZero, it's actually a boost because blue H₂ is worse for the climate than gas.

The government is exploring plans by @climeworks.bsky.social for a #DirectAirCapture facility as part of #HyNet. The #DAC process is expensive and energy intensive and Climeworks has faced significant criticism due to its technology failing to meet capture targets.

Octopus boss Greg Jackson says the government should #StopFundingCCS for energy systems because it's "a gift to the oil and gas industry to carry on what its doing, and carry on the fiction that enormous amounts of public money should enable it to keep doing it".

#CCS is a fanciful technofix which lacks a credible track record. Schemes like #HyNet will impose unlimited financial liabilities and huge environmental costs on the UK and help dirty energy to sideline renewables. The government must #StopFundingCCS now.

We've raised £70k from generous benefactors to take the government to court over its decision to approve the #HyNet #CCS scheme in #LiverpoolBay. We're aiming to raise another £30k to cover unexpected legal costs. Please donate if you can. Thank you 🙏

We're taking the #DepartmentForEnergySecurityAndNetZero and the #NorthSeaTransitionAuthority to court. We believe their decision to allow the #HyNet #CCS scheme in #LiverpoolBay failed to: • Assess major accidents risk • Comply with marine conservation regulations • Assess climate change impact

🚨 BREAKING: @hynotnw.bsky.social is taking the UK Government to court. Why? Because they’re throwing £22 BILLION at CCS & hydrogen schemes that would lock us into more fossil fuels and impact communities. Here’s what you need to know 🧵👇 #StopHyNet www.hynot.uk/category/med...

We've applied for a judicial review of the government decision to allow fossil fuel giant #Eni to store carbon dioxide in #LiverpoolBay using #CarbonCaptureAndStorage as part of the #HyNet scheme. We're working with @leigh-day.bsky.social on the legal proceedings.

Here's #Stanlow owner #EETFuels celebrating its highest domestic sales month ever. The same EET that continues expanding its network to sell even more fossil fuels. The same EET that keeps flexing about #TransformingForTomorrow. Don't be fossil fooled by its #Greenwash.

The falsity and the reality. #Essar doesn't care about nature. It keeps on #Greenwashing and pretending #Stanlow will become the world's first decarbonised refinery while it keeps on pumping and dumping pollution into the environment. The fossil fuel industry is lying to you.

Another example of unbalanced journalism from the local media. @chesterstandard.bsky.social is just a dupe in the government and fossil fuel industry #Greenwash charade when it credulously publishes media releases, quotes and jacked up numbers with no opposing view.

The government has approved the #HyNet #CarbonCaptureAndStorage scheme in #LiverpoolBay and handed fossil fuel giant #Eni £2billion of public money to build it. #CCS is an expensive, risky, inefficient and unproven technofix fuelled by hot air and hype.

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