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US Steel plant in Indiana to host a $150M carbon capture experiment
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US Steel plant in Indiana to host a $150M carbon capture experiment

"CarbonFree’s proprietary SkyCycle technology will essentially treat the steelmaking facility as a provider of raw materials, Keighly said. The company will combine the carbon it captures from blast furnace gas with the calcium it extracts from slag, a byproduct of the steelmaking process. The result is calcium carbonate, an ingredient used in everything from chemicals and construction materials to foods and cosmetics."

Sustainable Agriculture Gets a Push From Big Corporations
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Sustainable Agriculture Gets a Push From Big Corporations

"Other methods are quite new. McCarty’s farm reduces water consumption by using soil-moisture probes and smart cow-cooling technologies and ups energy efficiency with electric tractors, LED lighting and variable speed motors. The longer-term, direct supply relationship with Danone has really changed the trajectory of his family’s farm, he said."

Startups aim to curb climate change by pulling carbon dioxide from the ocean—not the air
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Startups aim to curb climate change by pulling carbon dioxide from the ocean—not the air

"One challenge for all these approaches is determining exactly how much CO2 the decarbonated water absorbs and at what rate, figures that are critical for selling carbon credits to companies looking to offset their emissions. To avoid that uncertainty, Equatic plans to pipe its CO2-stripped seawater to the top of a 13-meter-high cooling tower and drop it through the air, where it absorbs atmospheric CO2 in a way that can be precisely measured before it is returned to the ocean."

Vidalia Mills Finds A Better Way To Grow And Trace Hybrid Pima Cotton
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Vidalia Mills Finds A Better Way To Grow And Trace Hybrid Pima Cotton

"Vidalia is working with farmers on developing a not-for-profit that would distribute the technology to any mills or supply chains that would adhere to its standards. 'Farmers are teaching us,' Feibus said. 'They’re eking a living out of a very challenging environment and are innovative, entrepreneurial and deeply committed to the land and the way of life.'"

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