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This trailblazer turns destructive weed into a replacement for coal
Biomass Projects has plans to build the world’s largest biochar production on a 225,000-hectare Pilbara plot that is overrun with mesquite.
Gus McCubbingReporter
Richard Paterson is on a mission to drive a carbon removal project in Western Australia that could rid the equivalent of greenhouse gas emissions from 2.2 million cars.
The founder of Biomass Projects, which has been recognised as an Innovator to Watch in The Australian Financial Review Sustainability Leaders list, says carbon removal is crucial to limiting global warming to below 2 degrees.
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