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“Offsetting is a cop-out”: Polestar plans truly carbon-neutral car

Enlarge / By 2030, Polestar wants to build truly carbon-neutral cars. (credit: Polestar) The Swedish electric vehicle startup Polestar says it wants to build truly carbon-neutral vehicles within the next decade. Announced on Wednesday as part of the company’s first sustainability report, the ambitious goal will require new car-building methods because, in the words of […]

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Researchers make their own enzyme pathway to get CO₂ out of the air

Enlarge (credit: Olivier Le Moal | Getty Images) Before this century is over, we’re almost certainly going to need to pull massive amounts of carbon dioxide back out of the atmosphere. While we already know how to do carbon capture and storage, it takes a fair amount of energy and equipment, and someone has to […]