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ASU Researchers Look At Technology To Take Carbon Dioxide Out Of The Air

The federal Environmental Protection Agency said that in 2013, carbon dioxide accounted for more than 80 percent of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from human activities.

Researchers at Arizona State University are working on a way to take CO2 out of the air. Klaus Lackner is the director of the university’s Center for Negative Carbon Emissions.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story originally aired December 1, 2015 and was re-aired July 4, 2016. 

Mark Brodie is a co-host of The Show, KJZZ’s locally produced news magazine. Since starting at KJZZ in 2002, Brodie has been a host, reporter and producer, including several years covering the Arizona Legislature, based at the Capitol.