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PostJanuary 28, 2021

What Musk’s $100 million carbon capture prize could mean

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, now the world's richest person, announced that he plans to give away $100 million of it as a prize for the "best carbon capture technology," writes James Temple of MIT Technology Review. 

Read the full article at: https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/01/21/1016600/what-musks-100-million-carbon-capture-prize-could-mean/

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by MIT Technology Review
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