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Carbon Herald just published Capture6 Officially Launches Project Tortuga In Western Australia. Carbon Herald reports that Capture6 has formally launched Project Tortuga in Western Australia, moving the project from planning into operations. The facility is designed to take brine, the salty waste stream left over from desalination, and process it to recover freshwater while generating the chemical inputs Capture6 uses for its direct air capture approach. The company has previously framed this water-plus-carbon model as a way to co-locate removal with existing desalination infrastructure and cut the cost of both. The Western Australian site has been described as a demonstration-scale step toward larger deployments, with the outlet covering the launch announcement and the project’s stated goals rather than operating results. ...

Carbon Herald just published NGK Deploys Honeycomb Structure Ceramics For Direct Air Capture At Project Brighton. Carbon Herald reports that NGK Corporation, the Japanese industrial ceramics and technology manufacturer, has deployed its honeycomb structure ceramics at a direct air capture site referred to as Project Brighton, and that the equipment is now in operation. NGK is best known for ceramic honeycomb substrates used in automotive exhaust catalysts, and the company has been positioning the same high surface area geometry as a contactor platform for DAC sorbents. The outlet frames the installation as a move from material development into field deployment, with the ceramics serving as the structured medium through which ambient air is drawn so that CO2 can be captured and later released. Details on scale, partners, and capture performance were not available in the material we reviewed. ...

Carbon Herald just published Swiss Biomethane Tender Highlights European Shift Toward Biogenic Carbon Capture. Carbon Herald reports that EBBV, an intermunicipal wastewater association serving the Basse-Broye and Vully area of Switzerland, has opened a public procurement process for a complete biogas upgrading facility. The plant would separate methane from the raw biogas produced during sewage sludge digestion so it can be injected as biomethane, with the CO2 fraction becoming a potential feedstock for capture rather than a vent stream. The outlet frames the tender as one example of a broader trend among European utilities and waste operators to treat biogenic CO2 from anaerobic digestion as a resource for storage or utilization. The piece does not give a project budget, timeline, or confirmed capture volume, and the tender itself appears to cover upgrading rather than a dedicated capture unit. ...

CDR.fyi just published Durable CDR Market Recap: September 2026 — Key Deals & Trends. CDR.fyi’s monthly recap reports that more than 1 million tonnes of durable carbon removal were contracted in September 2026. The bulk comes from Google’s agreement with enhanced weathering developer Terradot for 1 million tonnes, paired with a separate 1 million tonne CO2e methane elimination purchase by 2030. Smaller deals include Granitor buying 5,000 tonnes from Stockholm Exergi for delivery starting in 2030, Milkywire closing eight Salesforce-backed pre-purchases totalling 3,661 tonnes across DAC, alkalinity enhancement and biomass storage, and Japan Airlines signing a CORSIA-oriented agreement with Climeworks. The partnerships section covers Exomad Green and Carbonfuture expanding biochar supply by 1.1 million tonnes through 2035, Whirlpool’s multi-supplier portfolio via ClimeFi, Supercritical’s India distribution deal with Ground Up, Dotz Nano’s sorbent supply contract with Soletair, and Euroclear’s portfolio through CUR8. ...

Carbon Herald just published New Study Examines What Matters Most For Public CDR Support. Carbon Herald reports on a study published in Nature Climate Change that examines the drivers of public support for carbon dioxide removal. According to the outlet, the researchers set out to assess which factors matter most when people form views on CDR, a question that has grown more pressing as governments and companies scale up removal targets. The article frames the work as a contribution to understanding how social acceptance might shape deployment of removal approaches alongside emissions cuts. The piece points readers to the underlying study for the detailed findings, which the summary available to us does not spell out, including the specific factors identified or the populations surveyed. ...

Carbon Herald just published CarbonBlue And CTRL-S To Carry On SeaO2’s Legacy. Carbon Herald reports that SeaO2, a Netherlands-based developer of direct ocean carbon removal technology, has gone bankrupt, and that co-founder Ruben Brands has indicated the company’s work will not disappear with it. According to the outlet, two other companies, CarbonBlue and CTRL-S, are set to carry forward elements of what SeaO2 built. CarbonBlue is an ocean-based carbon removal developer working on water-side CO2 extraction, and CTRL-S is another startup in the same space. The piece frames this as a continuation of SeaO2’s technical and commercial legacy rather than a straightforward acquisition, with Brands positioning the handover as a way to keep the underlying approach moving toward deployment despite the original company’s failure. ...

Carbon Herald just published Milkywire Completes Eight New Durable CDR Pre-Purchases Backed By Salesforce. Carbon Herald reports that Milkywire, the Swedish climate platform that pools corporate funds for early-stage carbon removal, has finalized a fresh round of durable CDR pre-purchases. The round is supported by Salesforce and covers eight separate agreements with durable removal projects. Pre-purchases of this kind pay suppliers ahead of delivery to help them scale and reach first tonnes. The outlet frames this as a continuation of Milkywire’s model of channeling corporate money into a portfolio of durable pathways rather than a single project. The headline and summary do not spell out the supplier names, the tonnage contracted, the pathways involved, or the total value of the round, so readers will want to check the full article for those specifics. ...

Carbon Herald just published Austria Drafts CO2 Storage Act To End 2011 Underground Storage Ban. Carbon Herald reports that the Austrian government has released a draft law, the Kohlenstoffdioxid-Speicherungsgesetz, which would formally end the country’s prohibition on geological storage of CO2. The ban dates back to 2011 and has kept Austria out of onshore carbon capture and storage development for more than a decade. The draft follows earlier signals from Vienna that it intended to move toward a national carbon management framework covering hard-to-abate industrial emissions. According to the outlet, the text is a draft at this stage, meaning it still has to move through consultation and parliamentary approval before storage projects could be permitted. The report frames the move as bringing Austria closer to EU-level policy on CCS and industrial carbon management. ...

Carbon Herald just published Relae, Microsoft Publish New High-Quality CDR Criteria, Addressing Delivery Risk For The First Time. Carbon Herald reports that Relae, previously known as Carbon Direct, has published the sixth edition of its Criteria for High-Quality Carbon Dioxide Removal alongside Microsoft. The update is notable for being the first version to directly address delivery risk, a factor that has become more prominent as long-duration CDR contracts scale and buyers face questions about whether tonnes will actually be delivered on schedule. The Criteria series is widely referenced across the voluntary carbon market and informs procurement decisions by major buyers. This edition continues the joint effort between Relae and Microsoft to standardize what counts as durable, verifiable removal. ...

Heatmap News just published The Carbon Removal Crowd Is Feeling Cautiously Optimistic. Heatmap’s Emily Pontecorvo files a dispatch from the opening day of New York Climate Week, where CDR-focused events carried a more upbeat tone than expected given the current political climate. Senator Brian Schatz pointed to the roughly $1 billion Frontier Climate purchase commitment and the survival of the 45Q tax credit through last year’s clean energy rollbacks as signs of durable bipartisan support. Panelists discussed how the industry can broaden its coalition, including engaging skeptics who see CDR as a distraction from emissions cuts. Frontier’s Joanna Klitzke argued for being more transparent about failed approaches, citing a mineralization effort using steel slag on roads that did not pencil out technically or economically. ...