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PostMay 26, 2021

A startup using minerals to draw down CO2 has scored funding—and its first buyer

Carbon weathering minerals

A new startup is relying on minerals to pull carbon dioxide out of the air, in one of the first commercial efforts to deploy what’s known as enhanced weathering to slow climate change.

Heirloom Carbon Technologies says it could do carbon dioxide removal for $50 a ton once it reaches commercial scale, which would come in well below the estimates for other industrial approaches. Its goal is to remove 1 billion tons of the main greenhouse gas fueling climate change by 2035.

Read the full article at: https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/05/26/1025402/heirloom-stripe-breakthrough-energy-lowercarbon-carbon-removal/

Image credits: Arns Civray on Unsplash

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