Image credit: The Carbon Removal Alliance.
The carbon removal industry could positively impact both the climate and the mining jobs market, according to a recent report released by US-based non-profit the Carbon Removal Alliance.
The analysis, conducted independently by Rhodium Group, assesses the carbon removal sector’s economic opportunities. The report shows that a carbon removal industry capable of removing 100 million metric tons of carbon emissions per year would add between 95,000 and 130,000 lasting jobs across the United States.
Carbon removal is an industry of technologies and approaches that remove excess carbon dioxide and permanently store it. Some of these technologies — namely enhanced rock weathering (ERW), ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) and direct ocean capture — are job creators, according to the report.
Carbon removal is different from carbon capture, a process which…
