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Carbon capture
May 11, 2024
Kate Aronoff
Is Carbon Capture Cause for Hope?
Lots of people want to see more “hope” and less “doom” about climate change. But a new facility to suck carbon out of the air shows why it’s more complicated than that.
July 24, 2023
Kate Aronoff
Are We Really Going to Put Polluters in Charge of Carbon Capture?
The U.S. could be letting fossil-fuel-friendly states oversee the build-out of key emissions-cutting infrastructure.
April 11, 2022
Andrew Bergman
,
Holly Buck
,
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
,
Toly Rinberg
Give Communities Control of Carbon Removal
To keep polluters from profiting from the technology, we need public ownership.
April 4, 2022
Genevieve Guenther
Carbon Removal Isn’t the Solution to Climate Change
Climate models that assume we can deploy large-scale carbon capture are leading us into a trap, distracting from the urgent need to reduce fossil fuels.
April 2, 2021
Charlie Hope-D’Anieri
The Farming Lobby’s Cunning Plan to Fight Climate Change—and Regulation
The American Farm Bureau Federation has recast itself as a climate warrior, pushing for private offset markets relying on the fraught science of soil sequestration.
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