University of Michigan Sets Ambitious Goal to Pull Carbon From Air

Imagine a company selling flexible concrete made from carbon dioxide sucked directly from the air that could help highways withstand earthquakes and help solve climate change.

That is one of the goals of a University of Michigan project taking a market-based approach to climate change. It is setting out to invent and market products such as concrete and fabrics that are stuffed full of human carbon dioxide emissions accumulating in the atmosphere.

The university announced Aug. 8 that its Global CO2 Initiative’s lofty goal is to remove 10 percent of annual carbon emissions by 2030 to help prevent climate change ...