decarbonization

Climate Becomes Industrial Policy, Cities Jump Onboard as EV Popularity Surges

Governments around the world are doubling down on commitments to EV mandates, incentives, supply chains, and jobs, while many cities look at how to electrify fleets and meet demand for EV charging.

Carbon Dioxide Removal: The Tech That’s Polarizing Climate Science

For some, CDR is crucial to staying below 1.5C. Others say it should not even be on the table. Why is it so controversial?

Carbon Removal Tech Would Use More Energy than All Homes Combined, Shell Finds

It would take more energy than all the world’s houses will consume in 2100 to power a fledgling technology that captures enough carbon dioxide from the air to limit global heating at 1.5°C, according to...

Carbon Technology Captures Billions in Funds

Carbon removal technology is capturing more than just greenhouse gases. It’s also sucking up billions of investor dollars.

Fossils Should Pay Trillions to Store Carbon through 2050, Ex-Industry Execs Say

A recent paper calculates the cost and emission reduction potential of a “carbon takeback obligation” that would require fossil producers to permanently store a tonne of carbon for every tonne they take out of the...

Jet-Propelled Tunicates Pump Carbon Through the Oceans

New research reveals that blooms of the widespread gelatinous zooplankton—along with their feces, daily vertical migrations, and carcasses—increase marine carbon export.

Cleaning Up 80 Years of Plastic Waste

The Plastic Credit Exchange is on a mission to "clean up 80 years of plastic waste." It serves a global ecosystem of partners that recover, process, and recycle plastic waste with programs that improve livelihood...

Device Made for the Moon May Aid in Carbon Sequestration on Earth

A pocket-sized device intended for use on the Moon could soon play a key role in Japan’s ambitious plans to sequester carbon dioxide.

Scientists Strive for Negative Emissions

New Solid Carbon technology might be able to lock climate-warming carbon dioxide below ocean bedrock.

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