Donnison et al. (2023): A net-zero storyline for success? News media analysis of the social legitimacy of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage in the United Kingdom
Caspar L. Donnison, Karolina Trdlicova, Alison Mohr, Gail Taylor IN: Energy Research & Social Science 102, 103153, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.103153
BECCS is unlikely to perform a major role in national strategies whilst key aspects of deployment and public concerns are unaddressed, as happened with fracking. Since public understanding of the technology is limited, there is a crucial role for the news media in facilitating greater public discussion and understanding of BECCS. Here, a news media analysis of both national and regional newspapers explores the ‘storylines’ which frame the public debate on BECCS in the UK, and the coalitions of actors involved in presenting them.