Microsoft hit pause on carbon removal purchases. Now what?

# Microsoft Pauses Carbon Removal Purchases—What It Means Microsoft just hit the brakes on buying carbon removal credits, which is a big deal because the company was single-handedly keeping an entire industry afloat by purchasing nearly 90% of these services. The company had been paying startups to remove CO2 from the air through methods like burying waste or restoring rainforests, but now those startups are left uncertain about their future since Microsoft was their main customer. Existing contracts will continue, but new companies hoping to enter the market have lost their biggest potential buyer, potentially slowing progress on removing the carbon that's already in our atmosphere.