Microsoft has announced the purchase of 80,000 tons of carbon removals from the Northern California-based Western Rivers Conservancy’s Blue Creek Improved Forest Management Project. The transaction, facilitated by climate solutions provider 3Degrees, is part of Microsoft’s broader initiative to become carbon negative by 2030. The Blue Creek project, managed by Oregon-based non-profit Western Rivers Conservancy...
Climeworks, the global leader in carbon removal via direct air capture technology, has successfully achieved third-party certification of its carbon removal activities under the Puro Standard – a first in the direct air capture industry. In collaboration with CO₂ storage and mineralization partner Carbfix, the Puro Standard methodology for Geologically Stored Carbon was applied to...