This oil company invests in pulling CO2 out of the sky — so it can keep selling crude

Occidental CEO Vicki Hollub (center) stands with other executives from the oil giant, along with partner companies, at the groundbreaking celebration for the Stratos direct air capture plant. (Jordan Vonderhaar/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

NOTREES, Texas — One of the boldest, most controversial experiments in fighting climate change is taking shape in a dirt patch in West Texas.

In a couple of years, giant fans will start whirring at the Stratos facility near Notrees, a town in the wind-swept Permian Basin of Texas.