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Jenkins: Amazon commits to buy 250k tons of carbon removal credits

Lisa Martine Jenkins · New frontiers of clean energy emerge · Sep 21, 2023 · at 52:39

Lisa Martine Jenkins discusses Amazon's first direct air capture carbon removal agreement with Occidental subsidiary 1PointFive.

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“Amazon is committing to purchase 250,000 tons of removal credits over 10 years, which is honestly a fairly standard amount as far as these commitments go, and is Just a drop in the bucket, to be clear, compared to what's needed.”

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