Environmental engine
Carbon capture, geologic storage, missing research.
Book 6 · The Environmental Crimes Files
The Carbon Vault
Buried data do not stay buried forever.
A researcher disappears near a celebrated carbon-capture project in Nevada. Monitoring records and underground behavior no longer fit the public assurances surrounding the site.
Why this case matters
Connects climate-era technology to secrecy, liability and selective truth.
What is at stake
A flagship adaptation project may be concealing a deeper engineering fraud.
Explore the series
Get to know the recurring investigators, or explore the other cases in reading order.