The US Could Remove 1 Billion Tons of Carbon From the Air — for $130 Billion
The US has the tools to help clean up the atmosphere, but it lacks the infrastructure to do it at scale. A new report lays out the costs and a roadmap.
Woods selectively thinned to help prevent fire and provide material for mass timber at a forest near Colville, Washington, US, on Tuesday June 6, 2023. Waste from forestry and other industries could play a central role in locking up carbon from the atmosphere and helping the US reach net-zero emissions by mid-century.
Photographer: Margaret Albaugh/BloombergThe US alone could remove 1 billion tons of carbon from the atmosphere annually by midcentury using existing technologies.
Forests, soil and manmade solutions in their early stages of development could help get the US to net zero, according to a report published on Monday by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory that lays out a roadmap to pull CO2 from the air.