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The world’s first “negative emissions” plant has opened in Iceland—turning carbon dioxide into stone

Not big enough to do much, but it's a start.

Thanks to Texas Tech climate scientist extraordinaire Katharine Hayhoe for pointing this story out on her Facebook Page.

As she noted, it's not big enough to do much, but it's a start.

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