Elon Musk pledges $100m to carbon capture contest
by Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent from on (#5DXDY)
Fifteen teams will get $1m to develop ideas, with a $50m prize awaiting the winner
The Tesla co-founder Elon Musk has offered a $100m (73m) fund for inventions that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or oceans.
Musk, who has built up an estimated $203bn fortune, said he wanted scientists to make a truly meaningful impact" and achieve carbon negativity, not neutrality".
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