This company says its technology can help save the world. It’s now cutting 20% of its staff as Trump slashes climate funding

This company says its technology can help save the world. It’s now cutting 20% of its staff as Trump slashes climate funding

Two huge plants in Iceland operate like giant vacuum cleaners, sucking in air and stripping out planet-heating carbon pollution. The much-hyped climate technology is called direct air capture and the company behind these plants, Switzerland-based Climeworks, is its most high-profile proponent.