DoE announces $1.2 Billion to Advance Controversial Climate Technology
‘Direct air capture’ of carbon pollution experimental; fossil fuel company embracing it to keep drilling
* subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum to dev. commercial-scale direct air capture facility in Texas
Direct air capture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_air_capture
* use of chemical/physical processes to extract CO2 f. air
* sequestered in long-term storage
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