EU surmounts carbon capture impasse

European Union member states have come to agreement on the division of spoils in the bloc's plan to launch a controversial technology to bury carbon underground or under the sea bed.

In 2008, EU countries backed a proposal from the European Parliament on how to support the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) that would see the sale of 300 million carbon permits through the emissions trading scheme funding a dozen pilot projects around the union.

CCS is a controversial ...