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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages 41-51Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2012.02.017
Keywords
Carbon capture and storage (CCS); Public perception; Attitudes; Trust; Local opposition; Survey
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- Dutch government (Ministry of Economic Affairs)
- CATO-2 consortium parties
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This paper reports on a public opinion survey designed to examine how the local public thought about a proposed CCS demonstration project in Barendrecht, the Netherlands. The survey was administered to a large sample of the Barendrecht population (N = 811) shortly before it was decided to cancel the project. The results indicate that most residents were rather negative about the CCS project and found it an important issue. Furthermore, most residents thought it was unsafe to transport and store CO2 in the region and thought it was very likely that the project would cause a fall in local property value. These beliefs only partially explained the mostly negative public attitudes. Socio-political factors also contributed significantly to negative attitudes among the local public: Most residents perceived the decision-making process as unfair and mistrusted those who would decide about whether or not to proceed with the project. They further felt that project developer Shell and the national government - parties that were trusted less than the Barendrecht town council and the local activist group CO(2)isNee - had too much influence in the decision-making process and that the people of Barendrecht had too little influence. Implications and challenges for future CCS projects are discussed. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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