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What's Carbon Capture Technology and Why Isn't It Everywhere?

What if we could siphon carbon dioxide from factories, or even directly out of the atmosphere, and store it somewhere else? That's the premise of carbon capture technology, an enduring tool in humanity's climate change-fighting toolkit even as it fails to meet expectations.

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What's Carbon Capture Technology and Why Isn't It Everywhere?
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    Carbon capture technology has been around for decades — here's why it hasn't taken off

    Carbon capture technology has been around for decades — here's why it hasn't taken off

    Elon Musk is going to pay $100 million towards a prize to come up with the best carbon capture technology. (Or so he tweets. Details are scarce so …

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    What Biden's First Week Reveals About His Climate Commitment

    What Biden's First Week Reveals About His Climate Commitment

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    President Biden signed a flurry of executive orders aiming to tackle climate change during his first week in office. Read about the administration's environmental actions so far, from halting new oil and natural gas leases on public lands to calling for the formation of a Civilian Climate Corps.

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