US announces first winners in $3.5B carbon removal program

Published on August 11, 2023

The U.S. Gulf Coast has long been America’s epicenter of oil refining and fossil gas processing. Now, two new facilities in the energy-dense region will aim to undo some of the damage caused by burning all those fossil fuels — by removing carbon dioxide directly from the sky. On Friday, the Biden administration…

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