Climate tech company Heirloom opens US commercial carbon capture plant

California climate technology company Heirloom on Thursday unveiled what it says is the first U.S. commercial direct air capture (DAC) plant to suck planet-warming carbon dioxide from the air, a milestone in the effort to scale up nascent carbon removal technologies and hit global climate goals.

Scientists expect the world will need to remove billions of tons of carbon-dioxide from the air annually. Direct air capture such as that used by Heirloom can secure the CO2, but it is not yet clear whether it can do so at a price that makes the technology practical. ---More...