Stop CCS — Protect Our Coasts
Plans are underway to inject CO₂ beneath UK seas — putting fisheries, aquifers, and protected habitats at risk for generations.
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Three quick ways to get up to speed and take action.
1) Read the latest
Short updates and local analysis.
2) Understand CCS
Capture → Transport → Storage in plain English.
3) Take action
Sign the petition and share it locally.
Across all our seas
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is not a single project — it is a nationwide plan to inject CO₂ under the seabed at multiple sites.
Liverpool Bay / HyNet
Large-scale offshore injection planned beneath sensitive coastal environments.
Peak Cluster / Wirral
Proposed CO₂ pipeline network using the Wirral as a hub to send CO₂ offshore.
Teesside
Major CCUS proposals with significant infrastructure and long-term monitoring questions.
Viking (Humber)
Another fragile estuary and coastal zone targeted for large-scale CO₂ storage.
Bottom line: as more sites are proposed, the cumulative risk to coastal ecosystems and communities increases.
What is CCS?
Carbon Capture and Storage (sometimes called carbon capture and sequestration) captures CO₂ from industrial processes before it is released into the atmosphere. The CO₂ is then transported—usually by pipeline—to an injection well, where it is pumped into deep underground geological formations for long-term storage.
There are three phases:
- Capture: CO₂ is captured during industrial processes.
- Transport (and preparation): CO₂ is cleaned and compressed into a dense or supercritical stream, then pumped at very high pressures to the storage location.
- Storage: CO₂ is injected into geological formations deemed “suitable,” such as depleted gas reservoirs (e.g., the Hamilton field in Liverpool Bay), and monitored over time.
Don’t allow UK seas to become a dumping ground for industrial CO₂ waste.
Why we say no to CCS
The claims below are the reasons this campaign exists.
- Scale: multiple UK regions plan offshore injection at massive scale.
- Forever risk: once injected, CO₂ must remain contained indefinitely.
- Impurities: industrial CO₂ streams can contain impurities that may increase corrosion and chemical reactions.
- Leak consequences: potential impacts to marine life and sensitive habitats.
- Pipeline behaviour: dense-phase CO₂ rupture behaviour differs from natural gas and requires specialist standards.
- Value for money: UK watchdogs have raised concerns about costs and uncertainty.
Sources: EU CCS Directive; NAO CCUS report; IEAGHG impurities studies; CO₂–brine/rock interaction literature; US PHMSA guidance.
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