World's first commercial CO2 capture plant pipes greenhouse emissions to a greenhouse

Last year, the Paris Agreement saw almost 200 countries pledge to cut greenhouse emissions, in order to keep global temperatures from rising more than 2° C (3.6° F) above pre-industrial levels, before the end of the century. But just curbing the rise in emissions won't be enough – technologies that actively pull more CO2 out of the atmosphere will also be vital. To that end, a new CO2-filtering plant has just opened up near Zurich.

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Category: Environment

Tags:

• Carbon Dioxide
• Carbon Sequestration
• Climate Change
• Paris Agreement

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