Today
Where we stand:
Carbon removal works, but it's running on pilots and patchwork support. There's no federal foundation built to scale it, and that gap is the thing the next few years have to close.
By 2030
30 megatons (MT) per year
Removing 30 megatons of US carbon dioxide a year by 2030 is the milestone that proves we're on the path. Hit it, and gigaton scale by midcentury is in reach. Miss it, and the math stops working.
2050
Gigaton scale
This is where carbon removal does its share for a livable climate, pulling down legacy emissions at the scale the science calls for. It's also a roughly $1.2 trillion industry, with the United States positioned to lead it or watch others do it first.