ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,015, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to CO2Rail Co. (Houston).

"Rail based direct air carbon capture system and method" was invented by Eric Bachman (Oberlin, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described for the direct air capture and removal of Carbon Dioxide Gas (CO2) from ambient environmental air at the Gigaton scale and the powering thereof with renewable energy sources utilizing Rail Transportation Equipment. Additional systems and methods are described for the removal of Emissions from Locomotives and removal of Localized Air-Pollution from urban areas and the powering thereof with renewable energy sou...