Carbon Removal Newsroom

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Andrew Yang talks carbon removal and geoengineering May 06, 2019

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2020 Democratic presidential primary contender Andrew Yang discusses his plans for carbon removal and geoengineering if elected United States president.

https://www.yang2020.com/policies/climate-change/

Project Vesta for olivine drawdown leaves stealth mode May 01, 2019

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Olivine is a mineral that can sequester carbon dioxide through weathering. It's also one of the most common minerals in the Earth's upper mantle. A lot of it is just sitting around as waste rock from other mining operations. Project Vesta is working to turn olivine from waste into value, reverse climate change, and deacidify the world's oceans. Project Vesta cofounder Eric Matzner comes on the show to tell us how that works and what they're up to.

https://projectvesta.org

https://nori.com/podcasts/reversing-climate-change/9-dr-greg-dipple-university-of-british-columbia

Canada's carbon tax analysis and carbon removal Apr 26, 2019

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Nori's Director of Carbon Economics Aldyen Donnelly shares her thoughts on what's happening with Canada's carbon tax and federal backstop.

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6517432688209727488

https://nori.com/podcasts/reversing-climate-change/31-aldyen-donnelly-on-why-carbon-pricing-hasnt-worked-so-far

Ramez Naam on "The Third Phase of Clean Energy Will Be the Most Disruptive Yet" Apr 24, 2019

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Ramez Naam discusses his recent article "The Third Phase of Clean Energy Will Be the Most Disruptive Yet" with guest host, Nori Head of Product, Michael Leggett. We dig into the economics of clean energy, and how that could be a boon to carbon removal.

http://rameznaam.com/2019/04/02/the-third-phase-of-clean-energy-will-be-the-most-disruptive-yet/

https://twitter.com/ramez

https://www.carbontracker.org

Ramez Naam on the Green New Deal and carbon removal Apr 22, 2019

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Nori advisor and cleantech evangelist Ramez Naam came by the office to fill us in on his great analysis of how the Green New Deal could be successful, and the role of carbon removal within such a plan.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/15/how-to-decarbonize-america-and-the-world/

http://rameznaam.com

https://twitter.com/ramez

School Strike for Climate and murmurs of ecological carbon removal Apr 19, 2019

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Dr. Heather Price of North Seattle College stops by the office to share her and her family's experience of School Strike for Climate (#fridaysforfuture) at Seattle's City Hall and beyond, and to what degree she's heard talk of carbon removal in these circles.

https://twitter.com/huprice

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_strike_for_climate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_Thunberg

General Mills issues grant for regenerative agriculture training Apr 17, 2019

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General Mills recently issued a $650k grant to Kiss the Ground and Soil Health Academy to train farmers in regenerative agricultural practices.

https://www.generalmills.com/en/News/NewsReleases/Library/2019/March/Regen-Ag

https://soilhealthacademy.org

https://kisstheground.com https://www.facebook.com/kissthegroundCA/ https://www.youtube.com/kisstheground https://www.instagram.com/kisstheground/ https://twitter.com/finianmakepeace

Disagreement about how to govern geoengineering at the UN Apr 12, 2019

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Last month, the UN Environment Assembly failed to come to an agreement about governing geoeningeering. But this is a topic that will be brought up more and more as climate change continues.

Links in this episode:

https://legal-planet.org/2019/03/13/governing-geoengineering-at-the-united-nations-no-at-least-not-now/

https://www.c2g2.net

Guest on this episode:

Janos Pasztor, Executive Director of Carnegie Climate Geoengineering Governance Initiative

https://twitter.com/jpasztor

Carbontech Labs announces $10M public-private partnership Apr 08, 2019

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Carbon180 just launched the first and only startup accelerator for carbontech, hoping to link entrepreneurs to the resources they need, derisk early-stage technologies, and transition them towards their first double-bottom-line investment.

Links in this episode:

https://medium.com/@carbon180/carbontech-labs-announces-10m-public-private-partnership-c006bcfba9a0

https://carbon180.org/carbontech-labs/

Guest on this episode:

Director, Carbontech Labs at Carbon180

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dvorit/

Carbon Engineering is commercializing direct air capture technology with a new investment round Mar 29, 2019

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Direct air capture company Carbon Engineering recently closed an investment round having raised $68 million, including investments from the oil and gas industry.

Links in this episode:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-bcs-carbon-engineering-secures-68-million-to-commercialize-c0/

https://carbonengineering.com

Guest on this episode:

Geoff Holmes, Business Development at Carbon Engineering

https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffreyjholmes/