Last week, the government gave a rare demonstration of environmental leadership. It pledged that no new coal-fired power stations will be built in Britain unless they are fitted with technology to capture and store the carbon emissions. The announcement lacked detail about funding this technology, but the move is welcome none the less. In recent years, ministers have been happy to talk about reducing the nation's carbon emissions, but vague about how to achieve this.
On this occasion - by promoting devices that will take carbon dioxide from power plants and pump it deep into old North Sea oil fields - they have demonstrated a real appreciation of how serious we have to be in our fight against global warming. Carbon capture and storage is a technology with the potential to make a major difference in the fight against climate change.
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