The Trump administration’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement has alarmed environmentalists and generally has a lot of people worried about the future of alternative energy and levels of pollution we may experience.

It’s in that environment that a brand-new partnership was unveiled between ASU and the Center for the Carbon Removal.

The effort is being called an initiative for a New Carbon Economy.

To learn more, we spoke with Noah Deich, executive director of the Center for Carbon Removal.