News Summary

• Since 2020, Microsoft's carbon emissions have grown by nearly a quarter.
• Microsoft has been buying massive amounts of carbon-removal credits to attempt to remedy that situation.
• The company recently announced a newly announced purchase of 4.9 million metric tons from Vaulted Deep.
• Neither party disclosed the financial terms of the deal, which will last 12 years through 2038.
• It collects solid waste that would otherwise be headed for a landfill or incinerator, blends it into a slurry, and injects it into porous rocks deep underground.