Germans Burying Unfriendly Carbon Dioxide

Take a deep breath.

The German parliament has granted its approval for testing carbon capture and storage technology, which enables coal-fired power plants to liquify their pollutants and store them underground. Critics claim the potential dangers of the technology have been inadequately addressed.

It may be akin to the Earth wrapping its lips around a tail pipe and inhaling deeply, but it also viewed as one of the most promising technologies for curbing emissions of climate-killing gases. [climate-killing?]

On Thursday, the German parliament voted to approve testing of controversial carbon capture and storage technology in Germany, which allows power plants that emit environmentally unfriendly carbon dioxide into the air to instead liquefy the pollutant and pump it into underground cavities.

Note that Germany also seems determined to shut down all of its nuclear plants. It's hoped that all these utopian environmental initiatives don't make the lights go out which is where they seem to lead.