WASHINGTON – As climate change continues to wreak havoc, companies in Arizona are developing technologies intended to pull greenhouse gas from the air.Arizona’s unusually intense summer heat – with triple-digit temperatures continuing into October – plus frequent wildfires and decreased flow in the Colorado River are all linked to greenhouse gas buildup, scientists say.CarbonCapture Inc., a climate technology company based in Los Angeles, is building an 83,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Mesa, where it plans to hire hundreds. The facility will develop direct air capture (DAC) modules that remove CO2 from the atmosphere by drawing air through special filters called sorbents.“This is the right time to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere,” said David Apps, vice president of manufacturing at CarbonCapture Inc. “It’s too late, if you want me to be honest. We’ve recognized that there’s been a problem over the last 50 years.”A report from the Global Carbon Atlas ranks the U.S. behind only China among countries that emit the most greenhouse gas. Data release …
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