""Our carbon removal program is all about finding the right ways to fix the atmosphere-and then being the tip of the sphere to catalyze those right ways," says Randy Spock, who leads Google's work on carbon removal. "What we look for in that regard is pretty simple. We care about things that can be highly certain of having impact. And can reach really high scale to the extent that they can put a dent in climate change.""
""Vaulted Deep's unconventional approach "tackles two problems at once," says CEO Julia Reichelstein. "We tackle excess organic waste and what to do with it in a safe, affordable, scalable way. And then we also tackle the problem of climate change." The company injects the waste into rock formations deep underground, where it's locked up for hundreds of thousands of years. It doesn't decompose and add CO2 and methane emissions to the air. (It's also far away from groundwater, so it doesn't create new pollution.)""
Vaulted Deep injects animal manure and sewage sludge about 1,000 feet into deep rock formations to permanently store carbon and prevent decomposition. The waste is locked up for hundreds of thousands of years and stays far from groundwater, reducing CO2 and methane emissions and avoiding new pollution. Dozens of trucks deliver waste from nearby cattle feedlots, addressing runoff, water pollution, and algae blooms. Google committed to purchase 50,000 tons of removal over five years and Microsoft made a similar deal, part of larger tech-industry efforts to offset growing AI-related energy emissions and accelerate scalable climate solutions.
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