TechGoogle signs Terradot deal to cut methane and remove carbon in Brazil
The rice-farming project pairs changes to irrigation with crushed volcanic rock, targeting benefits on two different timelines.
TLDR
Google announced a Terradot agreement covering more than 200,000 hectares of rice farms in southern Brazil. It will buy methane reductions equivalent to 1 million metric tons of CO2 by 2030, measured over a 20-year warming horizon, and 1 million metric tons of permanent carbon removal by 2040. Periodically draining paddies is intended to reduce methane; spreading crushed volcanic rock would remove CO2 as it weathers. These are future delivery targets.
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Google signs Terradot deal to cut methane and remove carbon in Brazil
The rice-farming project pairs changes to irrigation with crushed volcanic rock, targeting benefits on two different timelines.
TLDR
Google announced a Terradot agreement covering more than 200,000 hectares of rice farms in southern Brazil. It will buy methane reductions equivalent to 1 million metric tons of CO2 by 2030, measured over a 20-year warming horizon, and 1 million metric tons of permanent carbon removal by 2040. Periodically draining paddies is intended to reduce methane; spreading crushed volcanic rock would remove CO2 as it weathers. These are future delivery targets.
