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Amazon invests in direct air capture technology

Environmental News Bits

Amazon is making its first investments in direct air capture technology as part of its climate pledge to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. Direct air capture (DAC) technologies extract carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere through chemical reactions.

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Don’t hamstring carbon removal

Legal Planet

Assessments by the IPCC have made clear that the most feasible way for the world to meet its target of restricting climate change to below two degrees Celsius of warming includes rapid and massive expansion of carbon removal technologytechnology that would extract carbon dioxide and permanently sequester that carbon dioxide underground.

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Can new technology incentivize farmers to capture carbon in their soil?

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Farmers have, for years, known about their theoretical ability to offset carbon emissions by managing their land in a way that captures carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and stores it in the soil — a set of practices sometimes referred to as regenerative agriculture. But measuring the carbon… Read more →

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Side-effects of expanding forests could limit their potential to tackle climate change – new study

Environmental News Bits

They absorb the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the atmosphere without using expensive technology. The suggestion that you can plant trees to offset your carbon emissions is widespread. King, University of Sheffield Tackling climate change by planting trees has an intuitive appeal.

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We need real climate plans not false solutions

Enviromental Defense

Even if it were possible, simply eliminating carbon emissions from fossil fuel production would not address the myriad impacts of fossil fuel production faced primarily by Indigenous and front-line communities. There are many, many concerns with carbon capture and storage technology ( and we go over them in our repor t).

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Innovators in 2023 Carbon Removal Landscape

Ivy Protocol

The Engineered Carbon Removal On the other end of the spectrum, we find tech-savvy carbon removal engineers. These innovators are creating technology to extract CO2 directly from the atmosphere or prevent its release in the first place. 6 Ways to Remove Carbon Pollution from the Atmosphere. Mulligan, J.,

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DCNR Blog: Carbon Capture A Tool To Address Cause Of Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

One strategy is to counterbalance carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that contribute to climate change by drawing an equal amount of carbon out of the atmosphere, such as through planting trees. Reports from these studies and partnerships are found on the DCNR website.