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Shooting for the moon: 3 radical innovations to remove atmospheric CO2

GreenBiz

Shooting for the moon: 3 radical innovations to remove atmospheric CO2. Removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere may be as difficult as getting to the moon. . Launched on Earth Day 2019, Project Vesta aims to enhance natural weathering processes to accelerate carbon capture and storage in the world's oceans. Tali Zuckerman.

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BIPOC Entrepreneurs Present their Climatetech Solutions at ACCEL Showcase

Greentown Labs

This month, they presented their incredible climate technologies at an ACCEL Showcase at Greentown Houston. Active Surfaces is working to make these innovations possible. gigatons of carbon by 2050 (through supporting the use of renewables) and can sequester 2.2 megatons of carbon in the same period.

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Heard of “Net-Zero Oil” or “Carbon Negative” Bioenergy? In 2023 You Will

DeSmogBlog

Salmon might seem like a good alternative to meat, in a world that needs to shift away from carbon-intensive cattle — at least the fish farming industry would have you see it that way. Carbon Capture and Storage. Below, a handful of DeSmog writers dive into the issues they’ll be watching in 2023. Aquaculture. Next year you will.

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Urban Sequoia is a blueprint for sustainable architecture

Inhabitat - Innovation

However, few presentations addressed one elephant in the room — the fact that the construction industry contributes up to 40% of ongoing carbon release.

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Portugal power-to-liquid project makes sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) from municipal waste-derived CO2

Envirotec Magazine

Deploying a seemingly innovative technology configuration and design, the group behind it, LIPOR, suggests it is set to revolutionize the waste-to-energy industry while simultaneously decarbonizing the aviation sector. One of the first synthetic eFuel production units in Europe could be implemented at an Energy Recovery Plant near Porto.

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Seaweed: a model solution for fighting climate change, says group

Envirotec Magazine

A new paper published in Nature Sustainability presents seaweed as a model solution for tackling climate change, biodiversity loss, joblessness, hunger and environmental damage. Our research consolidates seaweed farming as an underpinning of a sustainable future,” said lead author Professor Carlos Duarte. “It

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Net zero by 2050 is “too little too late”: Scientists make a case for net negative strategies

Envirotec Magazine

Drawing upon findings recently published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), the report from the Climate Crisis Advisory Group (CCAG) argues that current global emissions targets are inadequate and that net negative – rather than net zero – strategies are required.