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New underground wells could store carbon dioxide pollution for Microsoft and Amazon

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The EPA issued the permits to Oxy Low Carbon Ventures , a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum that has landed big carbon removal deals with major tech companies.

Oxy is building a massive industrial plant called Stratos to filter CO2 out of the air in Ector County , Texas .

Stratos is expected to be one of the world’s first large carbon removal facilities, also called a direct air capture ( DAC ) plant.

Microsoft has a goal of reaching negative emissions by 2030 , but its greenhouse gas emissions have actually grown roughly 30 percent since 2020 .

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