The Department of Energy to dole out $3.5 billion for carbon removal hubs - The Verge

The Department of Energy announced $3.5 billion of funding to develop four carbon removal hubs across the US. The goal is to cut down costs and scale up the deployment of direct air capture technologies.

Deploying the new climate tech will be a huge undertaking Intake fans on collector containers at the Orca direct air capture and storage facility, operated by Climeworks AG, in Hellisheidi, Iceland,… [+3697 chars]

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