A mission to position carbon as a valuable resource rather than a waste product that degrades the environment is being undertaken by the New Carbon Economy Consortium. At it’s annual meeting, the consortium has been involving leaders of industry, universities, national laboratories and nongovernmental organizations in promoting collaboration to develop large-scale carbon capture strategies. Klaus Lackner, a professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, part of the Fulton Schools, and founding director of ASU’s Center for Negative Carbon Emissions, sees the effort as an opportunity to shift away from environmental degradation to transforming carbon in the atmosphere into a beneficial resource.