MIT spinoff Takachar is transforming waste biomass—a major contributor to air pollution—into solid, clean-burning fuel. Winner of the 2021 Earthshot Prize in the clean air category, they estimate their technology could reduce carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by gigatons per year at scale. 

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