Carbon Capture

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Carbon removal could help us stave off climate disaster. But if that's to happen, it's already billions of tons behind schedule.

The Carbon Removal Industry Is Already Lagging Behind Where It Needs to Be

By Frank Landymore

A startup called SpiralWave has created a device that uses plasma pulls to turn atmospheric CO2 into green methanol.

Bizarre Device Sucks CO2 From Atmosphere and Turns It Back Into Fuel

By Frank Landymore

A new carbon capture facility that claims to be the biggest in the world, began sucking the carbon from the air in Iceland.

Renewable Energy

World’s Largest Vacuum to Suck Carbon From Atmosphere Turns On for First Time

By Victor Tangermann

The oil executive-led COP28 climate conference in Dubai may have glittery solutions, but experts say that reducing emissions is the only way.

Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Warn That the Dubai Climate Conference Is Full of Crap

By Noor Al-Sibai

For the first time, a commercial facility that can suck carbon out of the air and store it underground has opened in the United States.

Renewable Energy

United States Opens First Facility to Suck CO2 Out of the Air

By Noor Al-Sibai

A team of researchers has proposed a radical and potentially affordable solution that could solve the entire climate crisis in one fell swoop.

We Could Solve 100% of Climate Change With a Modest Surcharge on Gasoline, Scientists Find

By Victor Tangermann

A new startup called Air Company is producing vodka by making use of carbon dioxide emissions, a futuristic new beverage.

Renewable Energy

Bless This Startup That’s Turning Horrible CO2 Emissions Into Delicious Vodka

By Victor Tangermann

The world's largest carbon capture facility, which can scrub 4,400 tons of carbon dioxide out of the air each year, just went online.

Scientists Fire Up World’s Biggest Carbon Capture Machine

By Dan Robitzski

The scientists and entrepreneurs who helped pioneer and popularize carbon capture technology now say it probably can't save us from climate change.

Carbon Capture Pioneers Say Carbon Capture Tech Won’t Save Us

By Dan Robitzski

A tech startup says it's gene-hacked trees to asborb and sequester more climate change-inducing carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.

Science & Energy

A Startup Is Working on Gene Hacked Trees to Gobble Up Tons of Climate-Destroying Carbon Dioxide

By Dan Robitzski

Planting trees in places where they belong is great for the planet, but trying to solve climate change through trees alone isn't enough and could backfire.

Covering the Planet in Forests Still Wouldn’t Stop Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

The only carbon capture plant in the United States shut down because it was entirely financially dependent on the success of the fossil fuel industry.

The Only Carbon Capture Plant in the US Just Shut Down

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists put out a call for a global, "wartime-like" push to build hundreds of carbon capture facilities around the world.

Scientists Call For Massive Global Network of Carbon Capture Plants

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk is once again posting misleading claims about the coronavirus pandemic in an attempt to downplay the danger it poses.

Elon Musk Pledges $100 Million for Carbon Capture Technology

By Jon Christian

Scientists developed a trick that generates methanol fuel out of water and carbon dioxide without using any fossil fuels.

New Trick Turns Air Into Synthetic Gasoline Without Using Any Fossil Fuels

By Dan Robitzski

A team of Oxford scientists found a way to take carbon dioxide and turn it back into jet fuel, potentially cleaning up the aviation industry.

Oxford Scientists Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Jet Fuel

By Dan Robitzski