$3.5 Billion in DAC Hubs Are Stuck in Political Limbo
Project Cypress — the most ambitious direct air capture hub ever proposed in the US — hasn’t received a meaningful update from the Department of Energy in over 500 days. That’s not a typo. Five hundred days. The 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocated $3.5 billion for four regional DAC hubs, each designed to capture 1 million tons of CO2 per year. It passed with Republican votes. It was, genuinely, a bipartisan climate win. Two of those hubs are now trapped in an indefinite DOE review that started in May 2025 and shows no signs of ending. ...