Google joins US DOE with $35 million carbon removal credit pledge

Google unveiled a new pledge to secure a minimum of $35 million worth of carbon removal credits within 12 months. This commitment is aligned with an initiative led by the US Department of Energy (DOE), which seeks to bolster the carbon removal sector by supporting its innovations and technologies.

In a post announcing the new commitment, Randy Spock, Carbon Credits and Removals Lead at Google, said, “This model of mutually reinforcing public-private support is an important tool to commercialize carbon removal solutions. As with many emerging technologies, governments and companies have a critical and complementary role to play in demonstrating promising carbon removal approaches and bringing them to a commercial scale.”