U.S. Energy Department to spend $3.7 billion on carbon removal
The U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday agreed to commit $3.7 billion to finance projects to remove planet-warming carbon from the atmosphere and meet the U.S. goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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