Carbon capture

Carbon capture

Carbon storage gets dirty: The movement to sequester CO2 in soils

U.N. climate report promotes soil as a tool to reduce emissions, but scientists are still figuring out how it works.

By Maria Gallucci . 8 April 2022
Podcast

Carbon capture and storage is making a comeback

Despite the technology's spotty track record, planned global CCS capacity is up 50%.

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By Shayle Kann . 7 April 2022
Carbon capture

Carbon removal now 'unavoidable' part of fighting climate change, UN says

Emissions cuts alone won't limit global warming to 1.5°C, IPCC report warns. But can carbon removal from land use and technology scale up in time?

By Jeff St. John . 5 April 2022
Podcast

Will today's booming carbon market be able to avoid a bust?

Shayle Kann talks with Nat Bullard about emerging CO₂ technology, rising demand and a new focus on removal.

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By Shayle Kann . 24 March 2022
Carbon capture

The buzz around carbon removal is drawing jobseekers in droves

Workers say the growing urgency of the climate crisis and pursuit of a meaningful career path are big pulls.

By Maria Gallucci . 24 January 2022
Carbon capture

US government squandered hundreds of millions on 'clean coal' pipe dream

Federal investments in industrial carbon capture paid off, but investments in coal-plant CCS did not, watchdog finds.

By Jeff St. John . 5 January 2022
Climate crisis

Reason to have hope on climate: 'We are bending the curve'

A conversation on ‘Pod Save America’ about COP26, Build Back Better, super-apocalyptic eventualities avoided and more.

By David Roberts . 16 November 2021
Climatetech finance

Jigar Shah has a new strategy to boost climatetech through DOE loans

The serial entrepreneur, who now leads the loan program at the Department of Energy, has $46B to invest in long-shot decarbonization bets.

By Jeff St. John . 15 November 2021
Carbon capture

How shrinking carbon capture could help it scale up

Startups are vying to miniaturize this potentially climate-saving technology.

By Julian Spector . 21 October 2021
Carbon capture

Can carbon-capture startups make it big with small-scale tech?

We need to remove gigatons of CO₂ from the atmosphere. These companies think they've found a way to do it more affordably.

By Jeff St. John . 20 October 2021