Amazon announced a carbon removal deal with a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum.
Amazon will pay to take some carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, but its carbon footprint is still huge.a science reporter covering the environment, climate, and energy with a decade of experience. She is also the host of the Hell or High Water podcast.Executives hold shovels during a groundbreaking ceremony at the Occidental Petroleum and 1PointFive Direct Air Capture plant in Ector County, Texas, on April 28th, 2023.
This is the latest in a stream of announcements from Big Tech companies turning to emerging carbon removal technologies to help them meet their climate goals. Sucking CO2 out of the atmosphere is one way to try to undo the damage caused by pollution companies have already created. But much of the carbon removal industry has deep ties to oil and gas.
This is the latest in a stream of announcements from Big Tech companies turning to emerging carbon removal technologies to help them meet their climate goals, called direct air capture plants, in Texas that are supposed to pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Amazon says that the CO2 will then be sequestered underground to keep it from escaping back into the atmosphere.
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