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PostAugust 25, 2021

Why capturing carbon is an essential part of Biden’s climate plans

The Petra Nova project in Texas was designed to capture around 90% of emissions from one part of the power plant. It was shut down amid the economic downturn last year.

President Biden’s early climate efforts prioritized popular actions: rejoining the Paris agreement, purchasing clean energy and vehicles, and eliminating fossil fuel subsidies. But the administration’s strategies to drive the nation toward net-zero emissions also lean heavily, if less obviously, on a touchier area: capturing or removing huge amounts of the carbon dioxide driving global warming.

Read the full article at: https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/08/25/1032832/why-capturing-carbon-is-an-essential-part-of-bidens-climate-plans/

Image credits: Petra Nova

by MIT Technology Review
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