Tag Archives: Emissions

The State College Community Land Trust and Envinity are working to make a home in State College more energy efficient. They built an

Home energy use can be expensive and contribute to climate change. New programs aim to cut bills and emissions

[ad_1] Rachel McDevitt Rachel McDevitt reports on energy, the environment, and climate change for StateImpact Pennsylvania at WITF. Rachel covers Pennsylvania state government’s policy on climate change, its effects on people, and lawmakers’ approach to the industries that generate many of Pennsylvania’s greenhouse gas emissions. Her work…

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Andrew Jones, Carba's founder and CEO, holding a handful of biochar.

This Startup Is Using Plants to Capture Carbon Emissions

[ad_1] A Minneapolis startup company wants to become a leader in the emerging carbon capture and storage market. Carba, co-founded by a University of Minnesota chemical engineering professor and a former student, has developed a portable reactor that converts plant waste into a charcoal-like substance called biochar. That material can then be buried to seal…

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