{"id":276885,"date":"2023-09-02T15:19:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T13:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=276885"},"modified":"2023-09-02T15:19:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T13:19:38","slug":"carbon-capture-busted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=276885","title":{"rendered":"Carbon Capture: BUSTED!?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"422\" data-attachment-id=\"276891\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=276891\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0Screenshot-2023-09-02-151826.png?fit=972%2C567&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"972,567\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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