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With support from Microsoft, Stripe, and Shopify, Running Tide billed itself as on the cutting edge of carbon removal. In the end, it resorted to dumping thousands of tons of wood chips in the sea. www.wired.com/story/how-th...

wired.comHow the Next Big Thing in Carbon Removal Sunk Without a TraceWith support from Microsoft, Stripe, and Shopify, Running Tide billed itself as on the cutting edge of carbon removal. In the end, it resorted to dumping thousands of tons of wood chips in the sea.

11/12/25, 7:04 am101 reposts230 likes

Stinson Dean

@lumber.trading

11 Dec 2025

@2x4caster.bsky.social did you ever hear of this???

TitaniumMan

@titaniumman.bsky.social

11 Dec 2025

Seems like it was a "fake it till you make it" operation that never made it.

Narvuntien

@narvuntien.bsky.social

11 Dec 2025

🫤 just stop burning fossil fuels it's really that simple.

Wiarton Willy

@wiartonwilly.bsky.social

11 Dec 2025

Yes. Bird in the hand. Carbon that’s already captured costs nothing to capture.

David Ho

@davidho.bsky.social

11 Dec 2025

One reason Running Tide failed was that they lacked expertise in the ocean and they didn't care. Jón Ólafsson is an expert in the ocean carbon cycle around Iceland and the most respected oceanographer in Iceland, and this was the attitude of Running Tide's CEO towards Prof. Ólafsson. 🙄

News Channel

@newschannel.bsky.social

11 Dec 2025

Running Tide's sea change: From tech titans' darling to timber tossers in the ocean.