How Google and an Indian start-up struck the largest biochar carbon removal deal ever

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Invasive mesquite has has depressed milk production from cattle grazing in the region. Source: Dietmar Temps via Shutterstock
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Invasive mesquite has has depressed milk production from cattle grazing in the region. Source: Dietmar Temps via Shutterstock

The project will set up at least six industrial biochar reactors, each with the capacity to lock away about 30 tons of CO2 per day

Google announced yesterday that it will purchase 100,000 tons of carbon removal from a biochar project in Gujarat, India. The deal, seven months in the making, is the largest biochar offtake to date...

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