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Microsoft and B.C. startup ink massive carbon removal deal targeting pulp and paper mills

Microsoft and CO280, a Vancouver, B.C.-based startup, today announced a 12-year deal to capture and store carbon emitted from a U.S. pulp and paper mill. The tech company will pay… Read More

CarbonQuest partners with Icelandic venture to boost deployment of carbon capture and storage

Spokane, Wash.-based startup CarbonQuest announced a partnership with Iceland-based Carbfix, a global leader in carbon storage, to team up in deploying technologies that address climate change. CarbonQuest sells devices that… Read More

Microsoft signs deal with ocean carbon removal project operating on Washington’s coast

Microsoft today announced a deal with a marine carbon removal startup on the northern edge of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula to potentially lock away up to 350,000 tons of CO2 over… Read More

CleanTech Alliance awarded $2.5M to create carbon-focused business hub in Washington state

Washington state’s CleanTech Alliance announced it’s receiving a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to launch a hub focused on carbon removal, storage and utilization, as… Read More

Nori, a Seattle-based carbon removal marketplace that raised $17M, shuts down after 7 years

Seattle-based carbon removal startup Nori has shut down after operating for seven years and raising $17.25 million from investors. Nori managed an online marketplace for buying and selling carbon credits… Read More

Canadian carbon capture and removal company lands up to $100M to speed deployment

Svante, a carbon capture and removal company based in British Columbia, is receiving up to $100 million to speed the deployment of its climate technology. The cash comes from Canada… Read More

Microsoft inks the largest carbon removal deal ever

Microsoft has made a deal to buy 500,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide removal credits from a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum. The agreement is being called the largest single carbon… Read More

Seattle startup with unique approach to carbon reductions lands $2.5M

Seattle-based Climate Vault Solutions, a startup working to reduce carbon emissions, has raised $2.5 million in new investments. The business launched last year and takes a somewhat unusual approach to… Read More

Oceanography professors transform a research tool into a startup that’s sucking CO2 from seawater

A decade ago, University of Washington oceanographers Julian Sachs and Alex Gagnon were working in a tropical paradise, studying the impacts of climate change on coral reefs surrounding remote islands… Read More

Bill Gates-backed startup can store carbon underground for 1,000 years in plant-based bricks

Graphyte, a startup with backing from Bill Gates-led Breakthrough Energy Ventures, announced Monday that it has developed an affordable, long-term strategy for storing carbon that will keep it out of… Read More

How the Pacific Northwest could become a carbon-capture hub — with help from tech and basalt

The Pacific Northwest’s lush forests are a pretty obvious place to store carbon dioxide pulled from the atmosphere. But the region has another vast resource for trapping carbon that’s more… Read More

Amazon signs deal for pulling carbon from the air and locking it deep underground in Texas

Amazon today announced it’s paying 1PointFive for the removal of 250,000 metric tons of carbon from the atmosphere over a decade. The purchase supports 1PointFive’s construction of what aims to… Read More

Microsoft just signed a giant carbon removal deal to sponge up CO2 using limestone

Microsoft announced that it is purchasing 315,000 metric tons of carbon removal over a multi-year period from climate tech startup Heirloom Carbon, one of the biggest deals of its kind… Read More

Carbon accounting and reduction startup with unusual strategy launches with $9.4M

The news: Climate Vault Solutions on Tuesday announced its launch and a $9.4 million seed round. The Seattle-based company is the sales and marketing arm of Climate Vault platform, which… Read More

Carbon removal startup Nori raises $6.25M from Toyota and others; names new CEO

New cash: Carbon removal startup Nori announced $6.25 million in new funding. Current investors M13, Toyota Ventures, Placeholder and Cargill led the round. The Seattle company has raised a total… Read More

Carbon removal startup Nori lays off 10 employees, citing market concerns

Nori, a Seattle startup that sells carbon credits to individuals and businesses to offset carbon emissions, laid off 10 employees last week, co-founder and CEO Paul Gambill confirmed.  The cuts… Read More

Former oilfield engineers launch climate startup that uses ancient carbon-trapping technology

Myno Carbon‘s leader calls his team “committed climate warriors.” But it wasn’t always that way. “You’ll have to forgive us for this, but we’re ex-oilfield people largely by background,” said… Read More

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