Mongabay

Direct air capture climate solution faces harsh criticism, steep challenges

Direct air capture — geoengineering technology that draws carbon dioxide from the air, allowing it to be stored in geologic formations or used by industry — is being heavily hyped as a climate ...
Business Wire

Carbon Direct Serves as Strategic Adviser to 1PointFive in Department of Energy Direct Air Capture Award

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carbon Direct today announced that it was named as a strategic adviser to 1PointFive for its South Texas DAC Hub application, which was recently awarded a Phase 2 grant ...
The Daily Northwestern

After DOE terminated multi-million dollar grant to direct air capture hub at Trienens, researchers left with unfinished project

The Department of Energy announced in early October the termination of billions of dollars in federal funds to energy projects, including a grant to Northwestern’s Trienens Institute for ...
For Construction Pros

Proactive Concrete: 4 Questions on Direct Air Carbon Capture

The global production of cement and—in turn—concrete is one of the world's largest creators of greenhouse gases. The industry has placed a goal for both production and contractors alike, to be ...
Hackaday

Producing Syngas From CO2 And Sunlight With Direct Air Capture

The prototype DACCU device for producing syngas from air. (Credit: Sayan Kar, University of Cambridge) The envisioned usage scenario would be CO2 adsorption during the night, with concentrated solar ...
The Earth Times

The Truth About Carbon Capture: Miracle Tech or Mirage?

Explore the realities of carbon capture: how it works, its strengths, limitations, and whether it can truly help tackle ...
Forbes

Why The Government Of Canada’s New Direct Air Capture Protocol Is A Climate Game-Changer

Canada just made history with the world’s first government-backed Direct Air Capture (DAC) offset protocol. This bold move legitimizes the DAC industry, sets a global precedent for carbon removal ...
IFLScience

Carbon Capture Directly From Air May Not Be The Anti-Emissions Hero We'd Hoped

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...
New Atlas

Miracle powder sucks CO2 out of the air 'like nothing else out there'

This makes them suitable for direct air capture (DAC), the process of sucking existing CO2 out of the air. Given the alarming levels of CO2 concentration in the atmosphere today, this is the sort of ...
Houston Chronicle

A Houston oil giant is pioneering a new climate technology. It’s a costly gamble

A first of its kind facility is taking shape in West Texas, as Houston-based Occidental Petroleum puts the finishing touches on “Stratos,” a project which aims to start sucking climate-warming carbon ...
Fox News

Compact machine turns air into ready-to-use gasoline

Recently, Aircela, a fuel company headquartered in New York, publicly demonstrated a machine in Manhattan that produces gasoline directly from air. The event attracted city and state officials, ...