摘要：Environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have been influential in
shaping public perceptions of environmental problems, their causes and potential
solutions. Over the last decade, carbon capture and storage (CCS) has emerged as a
potentially important technological response to climate change. In this paper we
investigate how leading US NGOs perceive geologic sequestration, a potentially
controversial part of CCS. We examine how and why their perceptions and strategies
might differ, and if and how they plan to shape public perceptions of geologic
sequestration. We approach these questions through semi-structured interviews
with representatives from a range of NGOs, supplemented by content analysis of
their documents. We find that while all the NGOs are committed to combating
climate change, their views on CCS as a mitigation strategy vary considerably.
We find that these views are correlated with NGOs' histories of activism and
advocacy, as well as with their sources of funding. Overall, most of these NGOs
accept the necessity of geologic sequestration, while only a small fraction do not.
