A Carbon-Sucking Startup Has Been Paralyzed by Its CEO
Bloomberg 6 hrs ago Leslie Kaufman and Akshat Rathi
(Bloomberg) The prototype of the device meant to stave off climate devastation looks like a shipping container wrapped in vibrant green Venetian blinds. Fans atop this shell are designed to draw air into the device, where a honeycomblike structure full of proprietary chemicals extracts carbon dioxide from the air, removing an ever-so-slight bit of planet-warming gas from the atmosphere.
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Climate scientists call this technology direct-air capture. It’s basically an air filter for the Earth.
Global Thermostat, the New York-based company that created this green box, told reporters it would be able to suck about 4,000 tons of CO₂ out of the air per year. The company is one of just three around the world with direct-air capture technology that seems to have a shot at capturing carbon on a vast scale. Scientists say that to prevent cata
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Howard Weitzman, the Hollywood power lawyer perhaps best known for defending Michael Jackson and his estate, has died.
The attorney, whose client list included almost every studio, plus CAA, William Morris and other major agencies, as well as a long list of stars such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Britney Spears and Sean Combs, died Sunday night at his home in Pacific Palisades after a battle with cancer. He was 81.
“Howard’s wit, charm, and brilliant legal mind are legendary, and we will miss him dearly,” the Santa Monica law firm he cofounded in 2006, Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump LLP, said in a statement. “RIP Howard, you will always be a giant.”
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Conservative creatives say the industry is leaving a giant pile of money on the table by neglecting Trump supporters and other right-leaning moviegoers.
On a Feb. 21 episode of
The Ben Shapiro Show, Gina Carano and Shapiro discussed their upcoming collaboration, an untitled film the ousted
Mandalorian actress will star in and produce. Carano, whom Disney fired over what it called an abhorrent social media post that likened the plight of America s politically conservative in 2021 to that of Jews before the Holocaust, shed light on the mystery project she s developing for the Shapiro-founded Daily Wire digital platform. I m a big fan of the movie