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Plans to stabilise Earth’s climate rely on emerging carbon removal technology — we need to get moving

With rising carbon emissions and 2024 set to be the hottest year, CO2 removal is vital for achieving net-zero goals.

An employee of a wastewater treatment plant on the island of Psyttalia, Greece December 2, 2020. Picture taken December 2, 2020. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas/ File Photo
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Climate tech firms get $80 million to pull carbon from paper mills, sewage plant

Google, H&M, and Stripe will buy $80M in carbon credits from firms using tech to capture emissions from paper mills and sewage plants.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is visiting Norway to announce plans for a green energy deal with the country (Leon Neal/PA)
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UK, Norway sign joint agreement to enhance carbon capture

Keir Starmer and Norway's PM sign joint agreement to enhance carbon capture efforts, aiming for finalization in 2025.

A study said the Government needs to take a fresh approach to curbing climate change (David Jones/PA)
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UK researchers call for fresh policy approach on curbing climate change

A “holistic policy approach” is essential to curbing CO2 emissions and climate change, a study has said.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will travel to Norway and Estonia this week (PA)
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Starmer visits Norway as UK to launch green energy partnership

Keir Starmer is visiting Norway to announce plans for a green energy deal with the country before attending a defence summit in Estonia.

The Stratos Direct Air Capture Facility (DAC), a joint venture between Occidental Petroleum (OXY) and asset manager BlackRock, is seen in Ector County, Texas, U.S., July 28, 2024.  REUTERS/Adrees Latif/ File Photo
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Earthquakes and blowouts undermine case for carbon storage in Texas

Carbon sequestration is vital to U.S. government goals to reduce emissions that cause global warming.

FILE PHOTO: An extension of Denbury Inc's Greencore carbon pipeline is ready to be lowered into its trench, in Montana, U.S., 2021. Picture taken in 2021. Denbury/File Photo
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Summit carbon project would be reassessed if US tax credits repealed, attorney says

Summit Carbon Solutions' CO2 pipeline project may be reassessed if U.S. tax credits for carbon capture are repealed.

FILE - Gaylen Dewing, left, and Marvin Abraham affix a sign to a roadside fence east of Bismarck, N.D., Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023, in opposition to Summit Carbon Solutions' proposed five-state, 2,000-mile pipeline network to carry carbon dioxide emissions from dozens of Midwestern ethanol plants to North Dakota for permanent storage deep underground. (AP Photo/Jack Dura, File)
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North Dakota regulators consider underground carbon dioxide storage permits for Midwest pipeline

North Dakota panel weighs carbon pipeline permits amid landowner protests and environmental debate over CO2 storage project.

Jeff Gustavson, President of Chevron New Energies, speaks during the Reuters NEXT conference, in New York City, New York, U.S., December 11, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
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Big oil eyes powering big tech’s data center demand

This comes after Exxon Mobil said it is adding carbon-capture to natural gas-fired power plants supplying data centers.

The logo of Equinor is set up at the entrance of a building at Western Europe's largest liquefied natural gas plant Hammerfest LNG in Hammerfest, Norway, March 14, 2024. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/ File Photo
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Equinor, BP, TotalEnergies seal investment into Britain’s carbon capture projects

The three companies are joint partners in the project which will permanently store up to an initial 4 million tonnes of CO2 per...

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