Pulp Mills Could Become the Backbone of Industrial Carbon Removal
There’s a CDR opportunity hiding in plain sight, and it smells faintly of wood pulp. Pulp and paper mills have been industrial energy users for over a century. They burn enormous quantities of biomass — wood residues, black liquor, bark — to generate the heat and power their processes require. For climate purposes, that’s been considered roughly carbon-neutral: the trees absorbed CO₂ while growing, the mill releases it when burning. ...