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How a Minnesota startup is taking carbon out of the atmosphere

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Emissions rise from smokestacks at a coal power plant, Sept. 18, 2021.
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A Minnesota startup company is working on cost-effective technology that can fight climate change by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

The company, Carba, has developed a proprietary process to convert plant-based waste material into biochar, a stable material that sequesters carbon and can be buried underground for more than 1,000 years

MPR News chief meteorologist Paul Huttner spoke with Carba cofounder Paul Dauenhauer, a professor in the University of Minnesota’s College of Science and Engineering, about the company and its plans.

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