Articles for Carbon Removal

The controversial machine sending CO2 to the ocean and making hydrogen
3 weeks, 4 days ago

The controversial machine sending CO2 to the ocean and making hydrogen

BBC  

The controversial machine sending CO2 to the ocean and making hydrogen Equatic Equatic is among a wave of start-ups exploring how the ocean could be harnessed to capture and store carbon. "Marine CO2 removal is simply too risky," says Mary Church, geoengineering campaign manager at the Center for International Environmental Law, a non-profit environmental law firm based in Geneva, Switzerland. …

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Temporarily overshooting global climate targets could be more damaging than predicted: study
3 months ago

Temporarily overshooting global climate targets could be more damaging than predicted: study

ABC  

Temporarily overshooting the world's current target for limiting global warming could still result in dire climate outcomes, such as rising sea levels, which are irreversible on human timescales, according to new research. Imperial College London climate scientist and study co-author Joeri Rogelj said an additional 0.1C in overshoot scenarios might sound manageable, but this was only a median figure. Many …

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European carbon removal specialists to support new projects in India
6 months ago

European carbon removal specialists to support new projects in India

The Hindu  

A team of European carbon removal specialists launched an initiative on Tuesday to help Indian businesses develop projects that suck carbon dioxide out the atmosphere and mitigate global warming. The Amsterdam-based group, called remove, has raised more than 220 million euros to support carbon dioxide removal projects throughout Europe, and will now accept applications from Indian start-ups. Indian projects are …

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Countries’ carbon removal plans not enough for 1.5C warming limit, study warns
8 months, 1 week ago

Countries’ carbon removal plans not enough for 1.5C warming limit, study warns

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Scientists have taken the UN’s approach of assessing the “emissions gap” between national climate protection plans and what is …

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New scientific interventions are here to fight climate change. But they aren’t silver bullets
8 months, 2 weeks ago

New scientific interventions are here to fight climate change. But they aren’t silver bullets

LA Times  

Behind a chain-link fence in a corner of San Joaquin County sits one of California’s — and perhaps the world’s — best hopes for combating climate change. “And it’s really important to recognize that, because it’s just a Band-Aid, we really don’t want it to take attention away from decarbonization.” While direct air capture and aerosol injections do show potential, …

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Taylor Swift’s Super Bowl flight shows what’s wrong with carbon removal
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Taylor Swift’s Super Bowl flight shows what’s wrong with carbon removal

Raw Story  

This story was originally published by Grist. “The worry is that carbon removal will be something we do so that business-as-usual can continue,” said Sara Nawaz, director of research at American University’s Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy. “We need a really big conversation reframe.” The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says carbon removal will be “required” …

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Why is carbon capture a hot topic at the COP28 summit?
1 year, 1 month ago

Why is carbon capture a hot topic at the COP28 summit?

Hindustan Times  

The future of fossil fuels is at the center of the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, where many activists, experts and nations are calling for an agreement to phase out the oil, gas and coal responsible for warming the planet. “We call that a mitigation technology, a way to stop the increased concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere,” said …

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What is carbon capture and how much of a solution is it after COP28?
1 year, 1 month ago

What is carbon capture and how much of a solution is it after COP28?

Associated Press  

An agreement at the United Nations-led climate conference to transition away from fossil fuels brought a measure of relief for climate activists, even as many said it doesn’t go far enough. Skeptics have said carbon capture has been oversold as a climate change solution so that the fossil fuel industry can keep burning lots of oil, coal and natural gas. …

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Affordability and permanence of biochar as a carbon removal solution
1 year, 1 month ago

Affordability and permanence of biochar as a carbon removal solution

Hindustan Times  

In the battle against the climate crisis, scientists and innovators are continuously exploring new technologies and methods to reduce carbon emissions and remove excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Biochar, a form of charcoal produced from biomass, has the potential to serve as a viable carbon removal solution, but questions regarding its affordability and permanence linger. The affordability of biochar …

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The Newest Airline Climate Solution? Burying Sawdust
1 year, 1 month ago

The Newest Airline Climate Solution? Burying Sawdust

Live Mint  

American Airlines is joining the race to remove carbon from the atmosphere, tapping a novel method that is much cheaper than many existing approaches and could boost the fledgling industry. The airline company is purchasing credits from a startup that uses bricks of carbon-absorbing plant material to sharply lower costs, potentially making carbon removal a widely used climate solution earlier …

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COP28: What is Carbon Dioxide Removal? | Explained
1 year, 1 month ago

COP28: What is Carbon Dioxide Removal? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: Ahead of the 2023 Climate Summit, the United Nations Environment Programme in a press release said that countries must go further than the current pledges under the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5°C with no or low overshoot during this century. According to the Emissions Gap report, delaying greenhouse gas emissions reduction will …

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Microsoft Will Use Carbon-Absorbing Rocks to Meet Climate Goals
1 year, 4 months ago

Microsoft Will Use Carbon-Absorbing Rocks to Meet Climate Goals

Live Mint  

Most of the world’s efforts to remove carbon from the atmosphere use giant, vacuum-like devices that suck in air and isolate the carbon. The tech company said Thursday it agreed to buy credits from startup Heirloom Carbon for the removal of up to 315,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide over 10 years. Early this year, the company said carbon it …

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How the Biden administration is pouring billions into technology that sucks carbon from the air
1 year, 5 months ago

How the Biden administration is pouring billions into technology that sucks carbon from the air

LA Times  

The Biden adminstration is funding projects by Occidental Petroleum and Climeworks that will remove carbon dioxide from the air. “If we deploy this at scale, this technology can help us make serious headway toward our net-zero emission goals.” Once operational, the hubs are expected to remove more than 2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide a year from the atmosphere, …

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Reducing fossil fuel emissions might have greater climate benefits than afforestation: IISc study
1 year, 5 months ago

Reducing fossil fuel emissions might have greater climate benefits than afforestation: IISc study

The Hindu  

A study by the Center for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences in the Indian Institute of Science has revealed that reducing fossil fuel emissions might have greater climate benefits than afforestation. “We performed two major sets of idealised simulations in which fossil fuel emissions follow extended Shared Socioeconomic Pathway scenarios, and equal amounts of carbon are removed by afforestation in one …

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Carbon removal industry challenges findings of skeptical UN body
1 year, 7 months ago

Carbon removal industry challenges findings of skeptical UN body

The Hindu  

Carbon removal industry representatives have challenged a document a United Nations scientific body released this week that casts doubt on the nascent technology's usefulness in efforts to limit global warming. It sent a letter dated May 25 to a UN-appointed advisory body taking issue with its assertion that carbon removal activities are “technologically and economically unproven” and “do not serve …

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Climate change: Can we really take CO2 back out the air?
1 year, 9 months ago

Climate change: Can we really take CO2 back out the air?

BBC  

Climate change: Can we really take CO2 back out the air? The system captures CO2 using energy from a rubbish incinerator Tackling climate change could require sucking carbon back out of the atmosphere, according to the IPCC. Craig Lovell/Alamy Capturing and storing the CO2 released by bioenergy crops such as these Loblolly pines when they are burned could contribute to …

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Study: Big gap in carbon removal effort key to climate goals
1 year, 11 months ago

Study: Big gap in carbon removal effort key to climate goals

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Researchers say efforts to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere aren’t being scaled up fast enough and can’t be relied on to meet crucial climate goals. Developing countries argue that their contribution to global carbon removal — mostly in the form of forests and land management — are equally important and deserve greater recognition. The study concludes that …

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Carbon removal efforts not moving fast enough to reach climate goals, study shows
1 year, 11 months ago

Carbon removal efforts not moving fast enough to reach climate goals, study shows

LA Times  

Researchers say efforts to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere aren’t being scaled up fast enough and can’t be relied on to meet crucial climate goals. New carbon removal technologies include so-called direct air capture, in which carbon dioxide is sucked from the atmosphere and stored underground. Achieving “net zero” emissions by midcentury — a goal many countries are aiming …

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The world is going to miss the totemic 1.5°C climate target
2 years, 2 months ago

The world is going to miss the totemic 1.5°C climate target

The Economist  

Briefing | An inconvenient truth The world is going to miss the totemic 1.5°C climate target It needs to face up to the fact T hree strikes and you’re out is a pretty good rule. The process was strengthened by a report published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2018 which compared what the world might expect at …

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Tech CEOs Must Properly Get Behind Net Zero Goals
3 years ago

Tech CEOs Must Properly Get Behind Net Zero Goals

Wired  

The climate emergency has become impossible for the private sector to ignore. By 2022, every tech unicorn CEO will have a net-zero plan – but it will become apparent that reducing emissions won’t be enough. In 2022, tech CEOs will recognise that, if we want to stay alive as a species, they can’t just reduce their companies’ emissions and then …

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To reach net-zero emissions and remove CO2 from the air, scientists drawn up six priorities
3 years, 6 months ago

To reach net-zero emissions and remove CO2 from the air, scientists drawn up six priorities

Firstpost  

Information on CO₂ removal is found in academic literature and focuses on a global scale but actually doing it will involve everyone from local farmers to international financiers. Done right, carbon removal could be the perfect accompaniment to emissions cuts, bringing the climate back into balance. Some experts worry that carbon removal could prove to be a mirage – particularly …

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The U.S. Is Officially Rejoining The Paris Agreement. Now Comes The Hard Part.
3 years, 11 months ago

The U.S. Is Officially Rejoining The Paris Agreement. Now Comes The Hard Part.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Newly inaugurated President Joe Biden ordered his government to begin the process of reentering the climate pact former President Donald Trump exited. Abandoning plans to contain China’s growth and instead working together could help quickly deploy clean energy and climate solutions worldwide, said Jake Werner, a China researcher at Boston University’s Global Development Policy Center. “The U.S. …

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How a Biden administration could push companies further on climate
4 years, 1 month ago

How a Biden administration could push companies further on climate

Salon  

Over the past year or so, as the Trump administration continued to roll back or weaken as many climate regulations in the United States as it could get its hands on, the corporate world seemed to be doing the opposite. "Companies and investors really struggle with uncertainty," said Tom Murray, who advises companies on reducing emissions for the Environmental Defense …

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Could carbon-removal tech make travel more sustainable?
4 years, 5 months ago

Could carbon-removal tech make travel more sustainable?

BBC  

Could carbon-removal tech make travel more sustainable? ON Power/Arni Saeberg Climeworks’ direct air capture plant in Iceland is powered by waste heat from a geothermal energy plant While most climate scientists agree that a portfolio of carbon dioxide removal solutions is required to help turn back the clock on global warming, the efficiency and measurability of DAC with permanent storage …

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