World's largest carbon capture plant will negate just three seconds of CO² in a year

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World's largest carbon capture plant will negate just three seconds of CO² in a year
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World's largest carbon capture plant will negate just three seconds of CO² in a year

Worldwide CO² emissions will exceed 33 billion tons this year

The world's largest direct air carbon capture facility, run by Swiss company Climeworks, has started operating in Iceland, 16 months after construction began. Named Orca, the plant is designed t...

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