Category: CO2
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Artificial Ocean Carbon Recycling System Converts Seawater CO2 into Valuable Chemicals
https://ecomagazine.com/news/research/artificial-ocean-carbon-recycling-system-converts-seawater-co2-into-valuable-chemicals
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World’s first reactor converts ocean CO₂ into biodegradable bioplastic feedstock
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/ocean-carbon-capture-bioplastic
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NG Nordic and ABB targets to make electrical accessories products from carbon dioxide-based plastic
https://www.ngnordic.com/news/articles/inga-abb-ng-nordic
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Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of oil and gas majors
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09450-9
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Scientists transform plastic waste into efficient CO₂ capture materials (University of Copenhagen)
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-scientists-plastic-efficient-capture-materials.html
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Scientists made plastic that eats carbon
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/250905180736.htm
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A biopiezocatalyst harnessing mechanical energy to enhance bioplastic production from CO2 and organic carbon
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-63576-y
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Leveraging biogenic resources to achieve global plastic decarbonization by 2050
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-62877-6
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New Study Reveals Significant Reduction in Carbon Emissions by Replacing Traditional Plastics with Biodegradable Alternatives
https://www.newswise.com/articles/new-study-reveals-significant-reduction-in-carbon-emissions-by-replacing-traditional-plastics-with-biodegradable-alternatives
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For some Western firms, China is the place for carbon dioxide utilization
Read https://cen.acs.org/environment/greenhouse-gases/Western-firms-China-place-carbon/103/web/2025/07
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Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ blows US emissions goal by 7 billion tonnes
Read https://www.eco-business.com/news/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-blows-us-emissions-goal-by-7-billion-tonnes
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Sponge-like pellets could prevent CO₂ from entering the atmosphere (FREE)
Read Sponge-like pellets could prevent CO₂ from entering the atmosphere
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Changhua breaks ground on carbon dioxide-to-polyols plant
Changhua breaks ground on carbon dioxide-to-polyols plant
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Transforming Carbon Dioxide and Lignin Into Biodegradable Polymers
Transforming Carbon Dioxide and Lignin Into Biodegradable Polymers
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Scientists identify ‘astonishing atomic-level mechanism’ for turning CO2 into valuable products
Scientists identify ‘astonishing atomic-level mechanism’ for turning CO2 into valuable products
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Soil bacteria respire more CO2 after eating non-sugar organic matter
Soil bacteria respire more CO2 after eating non-sugar organic matter
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New technique by NUS scientists to transform waste carbon dioxide into high-value chemicals achieves cost reduction of about 30%
New technique by NUS scientists to transform waste carbon dioxide into high-value chemicals achieves cost reduction of about 30%
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New Research Pathway Uses Renewable Electricity to Produce Formic Acid from Carbon Dioxide
This technology was developed in the BETO-funded CO2RUe consortium mission and can be used to produce sustainable aviation fuel.
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Advanced artificial photosynthesis catalyst uses CO2 more efficiently to create biodegradable plastics
An innovative and more efficient way to produce fumaric acid that not only reduces carbon dioxide emissions, but also reuses waste resources to make biodegradable plastics
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UC Scientists turn greenhouse gas into plastics
UC engineering professor is developing new ways of making in-demand chemical
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Supercritical CO2 assisted extrusion foaming of PLA- cellulose fibre composites
Supercritical CO2 assisted extrusion foaming of PLA- cellulose fibre composites: effect of fibre on foam processing and morphology
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Soils are emitting instead of storing CO2
New research incorporating experimental data reveals that global soils are emitting instead of storing carbon dioxide emissions.
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Belgian University develops new technique to convert CO2 into plastics
New technique can capture or reuse CO2 as a chemical source for the production of sustainable plastics
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Algae-Based Manufacturing System Uses Co2 To Create Eco-Friendly Plastic
Biodegradable plastics made from sustainable sources and CO2 are one step closer to reality thanks, in part, to a Mizzou Engineer’s expertise in bioprocesses and bioproducts.
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Imaging Shows How Inorganic-Microbe Hybrids Use Light to Turn Carbon Dioxide into Bioplastic
Scientists develop a multimodal imaging approach to study microbe–semiconductor biohybrids at the single-cell to single-molecule level.
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The potential of CO2-based production cycles in biotechnology to fight the climate crisis
Rising CO2 emissions have pushed scientists to develop new technologies for a more sustainable bio-based economy. Microbial conversion of CO2 and CO2-derived carbon substrates into valuable compounds can contribute to carbon neutrality and sustainability.
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Coca-Cola trial to make bottle tops from CO2 emissions
Coca-Cola has unveiled plans to make its bottle tops from carbon dioxide taken out of the atmosphere.
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University of Alberta Researcher develops better ways to convert CO2 and biofuel byproducts into valuable chemicals
A pair of processes could add up to a win-win for industry and the environment.
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AGC and Mitsubishi Partner on Circular Carbon Methanol
Start of Study on Production and Sales of the World’s First Circular Carbon Methanol Made from CO2 Generated from Glass Production
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Coca-Cola announces second partnership to explore CO2 upcycling technology
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has today announced an investment into cutting-edge carbon conversion research, with the potential to create more sustainable packaging materials.
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Imaging shows how solar-powered microbes turn CO2 into bioplastic
When considering ways to sustainably generate environmentally friendly products, bacteria might not immediately spring to mind. However, in recent years scientists have created microbe-semiconductor biohybrids that merge the biosynthetic power of living systems with the ability of semiconductors to harvest light.
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Opportunity for Chemicals and Fuels From Carbon Dioxide: Researchers Assess Roadblocks for Industrial Deployment of CO2 Electrolysis
Barriers and opportunities for the deployment of CO2 electrolysis in net-zero emissions energy systems
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How to convert CO2 to bioplastics in the age of global warming
Arpita Bose, PhD, Associate Professor, describes how to convert CO2 to bioplastics through new bugs and novel tools with a focus on fighting global warming
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Clean, sustainable fuels made ‘from thin air’ and plastic waste
Researchers have demonstrated how carbon dioxide can be captured from industrial processes – or even directly from the air – and transformed into clean, sustainable fuels using just the energy from the sun.
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How bacteria use electricity and carbon dioxide to produce useful chemicals
In microbial electrosynthesis, microorganisms use CO2 and electricity to produce alcohol, for example. How this process works biologically, however, has only been speculated about until now.
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Transforming CO2 Into Valuable Materials Using Formic Acid
With formic acid towards CO2 neutrality
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Archaic equation helps scientists control CO2 transformations
To manage atmospheric carbon dioxide and convert the gas into a useful product, Cornell scientists have dusted off an archaic – now 120 years old – electrochemical equation. The group aims to thwart the consequences of global warming and climate change by applying this long-forgotten idea in a new way.
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Cemvita Unveils eCO2 Pilot Plant
Transforming CO2 Emissions into Renewable Feedstocks and Fertilizers
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Low concentration CO2 can be reused in biodegradable plastic precursor using artificial photosynthesis
Visible-light-driven 3-hydroxybutyrate production from acetone and low concentrations of CO2 with a system of hybridized photocatalytic NADH regeneration and multi-biocatalysts†
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U of G develops eco-friendly cutlery to reduce plastic waste, CO2
U of G-Developed Cutlery, Stir Sticks from Biomaterials Reduce Plastic, CO2 Emissions — RETHINKING MATERIALS Innovation and Investment Summit – May 16-17, London. 10% discount with code BPN10
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A biohybrid system to extract 20 times more bioplastic from CO2 developed by KAIST researchers
As the issues surrounding global climate change intensify, more attention and determined efforts are required to re-grasp the issue as a state of “crisis” and respond to it properly.
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Chemists use bacteria to convert CO2 in the air into bioplastic
A new simple hybrid setup allows bacteria to capture CO2 and produce biodegradable plastic for days, boosting output by 100x previous efforts — RETHINKING MATERIALS – Innovation and Investment Summit – May 16-17, London. 10% discount with code BPN10
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University of Sydney Develops New Method for CO2 Capture and Conversion
Researchers double efficiency of CO2 conversion method
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MIT Develops New Method for CO2 Removal from Seawater
A new method for removing the greenhouse gas from the ocean could be far more efficient than existing systems for removing it from the air.
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New Report Reveals Large Gap in CO2 Removal Needed
CDR from new technologies must increase 1,300-fold by the year 2050. Joint press release of MCC, SWP, University of Oxford, and University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Fairbrics Raises €22 M for its CO2-Based Polyester Fiber
Fairbrics Raises €22 M to Bring to Market its CO2-Based Polyester Fiber and Reduce the Textile Industry’s Carbon Footprint
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Aston University Develops Guidelines to Improve Industrial CO2 Measurement
Aston University bioenergy researchers to improve measurement of industrial carbon dioxide
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PlasCO2 Project: Greenhouse Gas Transformed into a Raw Material
Evonik has launched the PlasCO2 project together with three partners. The aim is to use carbon dioxide (CO2) as a raw material in the production of C4 chemicals.
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US Lab Develops New Catalyst to Convert CO2 into Ethylene
New hybrid catalyst could help decarbonization and make ethylene production more sustainable
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National Labs Research Better Uses for Carbon Dioxide
Scientists from Multiple National Labs Are Finding New Ways to Convert Carbon Dioxide into Affordable Biofuels and Bioproducts.
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Plastic Futures and Their CO2 Emissions
Circular bioplastics offer solution for climate crisis and growing resource consumption
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Berkeley Lab Bio-Analogous Technique for Converting CO2 into Liquid Acetate
To Battle Climate Change, Scientists Tap Into Carbon-Hungry Microorganisms for Clues
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Shell and University of Twente Converts CO2 into CO
Researchers from the University of Twente, in collaboration with Shell, developed a new mechanism that makes the conversion of carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, which is an essential feedstock in the production of chemicals.
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Japan to Include GHG Criteria in Procurement Decisions
Japan Proposes to Include Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Criteria for Government Procurement Decisions
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University of Waterloo Technology to Convert CO2 into Chemicals
On-site reactors could affordably turn CO2 into valuable chemicals. New technology makes the process of turning CO2 into valuable chemicals economically viable for industrialization
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Microplastics Affects Ocean Carbon Sequestration Process
How does microplastics affects the carbon sequestration process of the oceans?
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CO2 Fixation in the Production of Succinic Acid
As a flavor enhancer, for the production of dyes, pharmaceutical products and biopolyesters: succinic acid is a versatile basic chemical
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Belgian Startup Converts CO2 in Chemicals
Newcomer Oxylum converts CO₂ into sustainable chemicals. New spin-off UAntwerp is a pioneer in the carbon transition
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Rutger University Spins Off RenewCO2
CO2 to Chemicals Startup RenewCO2, Spins out of Rutgers University with Seed Round from Energy Transition Ventures
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Carbon Footprint: Chemical vs Mechanical Recycling vs Reuse
Climate impact of pyrolysis of waste plastic packaging in comparison with reuse and mechanical recycling — I knew Chemical Recycling was the worse, but I didn’t expect that ratio.
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Synthesizing Biodegradable Plastic with Sunlight and CO2
Success in synthesizing biodegradable plastic materials using sunlight and CO2
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Team Designs System to Create CO2 Bioplastics
Chem-Bio interface design for rapid conversion of CO2 to bioplastics in an integrated system
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Direct Conversion of CO2 into Chemicals
Chinese researchers develop catalysts to convert CO2 and H2 into chemicals and hydrocarbons
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How to Make Recyclable Plastics out of CO2?
Chemists are manipulating the greenhouse gas to make clothing, mattresses, shoes and more
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Microbes Can Ferment CO2 To Make Fuel
Scientists Mapped Out a “Bicyclic Carbon Fixation” Pathway for Speeding Up Gas Fermentation in Specialized Bacteria
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Engineering Nonphotosynthetic Carbon Fixation for Bioplastic Production
Engineering nonphotosynthetic carbon fixation for production of bioplastics by methanogenic archaea
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Limited Benefits of Atmospheric CO2 on Tropical Vegetation
Tropical vegetation benefits less from elevated atmospheric CO2 than researchers previously thought
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IAEA Nuclear Solutions for Plastic Pollution and C02 Removal
IAEA Presents Nuclear Solutions for Plastic Pollution and Carbon Dioxide Removal at UN Forum
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Twelve and LanzaTech Partner to Create Ethanol From CO2
Collaborative process seeks to eliminate the fossil fuel impact of ethanol production
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Australian Tech Instantly Converts CO2 to Solid Carbon
Researchers have developed a smart and super-efficient new way of capturing carbon dioxide and converting it to solid carbon, to help advance the decarbonisation of heavy industries
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CO2 Capture in Biobased Ionic Liquids Solutions
Efficient and reversible CO2 capture in bio-based ionic liquids solutions
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USTC Develop Catalyst for CO2 to Formate Conversion
Researchers Develop Pb1Cu Catalyst for CO2-to-formate Conversion
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The Green Deal Fairy Tale (FREE)
Has the European Union become undemocratic? This is a FREE article
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Vertimass and European Energy Partner on CO2 Based Chemicals
Vertimass and European Energy Sign Letter of Intent
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Different CCUS Pathways Comparison
A range of carbon dioxide capture technologies have been developed, including amine-based routes and calcium looping methods, some of which are now considered to be at technology readiness level (TRL) 9
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CO2 Associated with Plastic Production
New research gives a bird’s-eye view of the scale of plastic creation globally, tracing where it’s produced, where it ends up, and its environmental impact.
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DOE Funds CO2 Reduction Projects for Manufacturing Sector
Department of Energy Awards over $16 Million for 23 Projects that will Reduce Carbon Emissions Across the Manufacturing Sector
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US Gov Goes Atmospheric CO2 Removal
Secretary Granholm Launches Carbon Negative Earthshots to Remove Gigatons of Carbon Pollution from the Air by 2050
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