NPR

A look at the first commercial direct air carbon capture plant in the U.S.

This month in California, the nation's first commercial direct air carbon capture plant went live. Climate experts say the technology has its limits. The country's first commercial direct air capture ...
Forbes

Can Direct Air Capture Survive This Moment?

REYKJAVIK, ICELAND - MAY 24: A bank of fans draws air through specialized filters at Climeworks' Mammoth carbon removal plant on May 24, 2024 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Considered the largest direct-air ...
The Advocate

An explainer on direct air capture and carbon capture, and why both are growing in Louisiana

Over the last few years, Louisiana has trumpeted the tens of billions of dollars being poured into carbon capture, the burgeoning technology designed to curb greenhouse gas emissions at industrial ...
Forbes

Will Direct Air Capture Ever Cost Less Than $100 Per Ton Of CO₂?

Directly capturing CO2 from the air has become one of the most talked about tools in the fight against climate change. But much of the conversation revolves around a single, seemingly magical number: ...
Houston Chronicle

Texas, Louisiana selected as first direct air capture hubs

WASHINGTON - A carbon removal project south of Corpus Christi is one of two sites selected by the Department of Energy to receive up to $1.2 billion to support the development of direct air capture ...
Pembina Institute

CanCO2Re Webinar: Direct air capture

Direct air capture (DAC) has received increasing attention as a method to reduce atmospheric CO2 and achieve net-zero ...
The Advocate

A 'giant vacuum' - Louisiana gets $603 million for 2,300-job hub to take carbon dioxide from air

Louisiana will receive up to $603 million in Department of Energy grant funding to create a direct air capture hub in Calcasieu Parish that is expected to generate about 2,300 total jobs, federal ...
TechCrunch

Phlair’s carbon-sucking technology could lower direct air capture’s costs

When it comes to climate change, there’s no such thing as a “get out of jail free” card. But there might be an inexpensive alternative: direct air capture. The technology isn’t exactly an exoneration, ...
techtimes

How Can Direct Air Capture Scale to Deliver Real Carbon Removal for Climate Solutions

Direct Air Capture represents a growing approach in carbon engineering designed to reduce atmospheric CO2 and support negative emissions goals. By extracting carbon directly from the air, this ...
Business Wire

Spiritus Announces the First “Carbon Orchard” for Direct Air Capture, will Sequester 2 Megatons of Carbon Annually in Wyoming

LOS ALAMOS, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a significant development for climate action, Spiritus, the leading climate tech company designing solutions for market accessible carbon removal using direct air ...
Capital Public Radio

The nation’s first commercial direct air capture facility has opened in Tracy

From the outside, it’s unremarkable: A metallic building alongside a quiet road on the outskirts of Tracy. But on its opening day, people from all over the country traveled to see it. “This is the ...
Wired

How Much Energy Would It Take to Pull Carbon Dioxide out of the Air?

Climate change. It’s bad, and it’s getting worse. The main cause is burning fossil fuels, which spews CO 2 into the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide, as we all know too well by now, is a greenhouse gas, ...