Texas

Texas appears in The high cost of vacuuming carbon from the sky as the site of a Direct Air Capture hub backed by [[OccidentalPetroleum|Occidental Petroleum]]. Aaron Burns of Carbon180 says [[UnitedStatesCongress|Congress]] protected that hub along with a planned Louisiana project even as other carbon-removal funding was rescinded.

The source uses Texas as the fossil-fuel-backed contrast case. Support from an oil company may help keep a carbon-removal project politically durable, but it also intensifies Carbon Removal Moral Hazard concerns that removal could become a rationale for continued drilling rather than a supplement to emissions reduction.

Connections

• [[OccidentalPetroleum|Occidental Petroleum]] - company backing the Texas hub in the episode.
• Carbon180, Aaron Burns, and [[UnitedStatesCongress|Congress]] - policy and funding context.
• Direct Air Capture, Carbon Removal, Carbon Removal Political Durability, and Carbon Removal Moral Hazard - technology and legitimacy frame.
• Louisiana - protected hub comparison.