Podcasts about Carbon engineering

Carbon offsets aren't enough. To truly tackle climate change, we need a global industry dedicated to pulling carbon out of the air and at massive scale. Join hosts John and Sonia inside the innovation race to scale carbon removal technologies, featuring insights from leading voices in the field.They speak with Dr. David Keith, a pioneering climate scientist and founder of Carbon Engineering, who unpacks the technological, policy, and economic hurdles to direct air capture and other approaches. You'll also hear from two recent XPRIZE Carbon Removal winners, Mike Kelland of Planetary Technologies and Jim Mann of UNDO about how their startups are using ocean alkalinity and enhanced rock weathering to permanently sequester CO₂, while also delivering benefits to farmers and marine ecosystems.Together, they explore whether the world can build a scalable, measurable, and credible carbon removal industry – one capable of drawing down billions of tons of CO₂ annually.

Send us a textDavid & Ed chat with Dr. Holly Buck about Conspiratorial-Environmentalism's connection to climate & geoengineering; the anti-vax movement; and what it tells us about mainstream environmentalism & climate politics.(03:08) Skip Intro(09:12) David's personal experience with Conspiratorial-Environmentalism(27:15) Social Media and monetization(38:58) What do we do when environmentalists turn to conspiracies?(46:33) Audience QuestionsDetailed show notes available on episode page About Our Guest:Holly Jean Buck is an Associate Professor of Environment and Sustainability at the University at Buffalo. She is an environmental social scientist and human geographer whose research focuses on public engagement with emerging climate and energy technologies. She holds a Ph.D in Development Sociology from Cornell University, and is the author of the books Ending Fossil Fuels: Why Net Zero Is Not Enough and After Geoengineering. Currently, she is a 2024-25 Radcliffe-Salata Climate Justice Fellow at Harvard University.About Your EvC Co-Hosts:David Keith is Professor and Founding Faculty Director, Climate Systems Engineering Initiative at the University of Chicago. He is the founder of Carbon Engineering and was formerly a professor at Harvard University and the University of Calgary. He splits his time between Canmore and Chicago.Sara Hastings-Simon studies energy transitions at the intersection of policy, business, and technology. She's a policy wonk, a physicist turned management consultant, and a professor at the University of Calgary and Director of the Master of Science in Sustainable Energy Development.Ed Whittingham is a clean energy policy/finance professional specializing in renewable electricity generation and transmission, carbon capture, carbon removal and low carbon transportation. He is a Public Policy Forum fellow and formerly the executive director of the Pembina Institute, a national clean energy think tank.Produced by Amit Tandon & Bespoke Podcasts___Energy vs Climatewww.energyvsclimate.com Bluesky | YouTube | LinkedIn | X/Twitter

Send us a textHost Ed Whittingham continues the story behind the development of Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology and its potential role in helping to fight climate change. Ed explores the early days of Canadian cleantech company Carbon Engineering, and how it drew the attention of both Bill Gates and Occidental Petroleum. Guests include: Ken Caldeira, senior scientist at Breakthrough EnergyDavid Keith, professor at the University of Chicago and a DAC pioneer who founded the company Carbon EngineeringSubscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or on your podcast app of choice.Learn more at www.scrubbingthesky.comFollow us on: LinkedIn | Bluesky__Produced by Amit Tandon & Bespoke Podcasts.The podcast is part of the Carbon Herald's podcast network.A special thanks to our friends at the Challenging Climate podcast which is available wherever you find your podcasts.___Energy vs Climatewww.energyvsclimate.com Bluesky | YouTube | LinkedIn | X/Twitter

Send us a textJesse Jenkins, David Keith, and Ed Whittingham break down the key policy reversals, their impact on U.S. emissions, and the broader geopolitical and economic consequences—for Canada and beyond. Plus, audience questions!Full Show notes with links to references on our websiteAbout Our Guest:Jesse D. Jenkins is an assistant professor and macro-scale energy systems engineer at Princeton University with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and Environment. He leads the Princeton ZERO Lab (Zero-carbon Energy systems Research and Optimization Laboratory), which focuses on improving and applying optimization-based energy systems models to evaluate and optimize low-carbon energy technologies, guide investment and research in innovative energy technologies, and generate insights to improve energy and climate policy and planning decisions. About Your Co-Hosts:David Keith is Professor and Founding Faculty Director, Climate Systems Engineering Initiative at the University of Chicago. He is the founder of Carbon Engineering and was formerly a professor at Harvard University and the University of Calgary. He splits his time between Canmore and Chicago.Sara Hastings-Simon studies energy transitions at the intersection of policy, business, and technology. She's a policy wonk, a physicist turned management consultant, and a professor at the University of Calgary and Director of the Master of Science in Sustainable Energy Development.Ed Whittingham is a clean energy policy/finance professional specializing in renewable electricity generation and transmission, carbon capture, carbon removal and low carbon transportation. He is a Public Policy Forum fellow and formerly the executive director of the Pembina Institute, a national clean energy think tank.Produced by Amit Tandon & Bespoke Podcasts___Energy vs Climatewww.energyvsclimate.com Bluesky | YouTube | LinkedIn | X/Twitter

Join us in a thought-provoking episode of Engineering Influence from the American Council of Engineering Companies, as we sat down with Nate Maniktala, Principal at BranchPattern. This conversation delves into the pressing topic of embodied carbon in industrial and commercial real estate, exploring how the engineering community is addressing sustainability challenges in the built environment. Discover the role BranchPattern plays in the AEC industry with a focus on sustainability and building science. Nate explains the importance of reducing embodied carbon emissions during a building's lifecycle, from the material extraction phase to construction and beyond. Gain insights into the challenges and opportunities that industrial real estate presents in the quest for lower carbon footprints. Nate also discusses the innovative materials and methods, such as mass timber and low-carbon concrete, driving change across the industry. Learn about the regulatory landscape and how policy, education, and advocacy are crucial to advancing sustainability in real estate development. Tune in to understand how companies are aligning with environmental goals while navigating the complexities of business decisions in today's dynamic regulatory environment. Read their new report here: https://www.branchpattern.com/white-papers/industrial-embodied-carbon-benchmark

Best Low-Carbon ETFs and Stocks includes reviews of two articles by financial analysts at the highly respected Carbon Credits organization. By Ron Robins, MBA Transcript & Links, Episode 146, January 24, 2025 Hello, Ron Robins here, welcome to my podcast episode 146 published January 24, 2025, titled “Best Low-Carbon ETFs and Stocks.” It's presented by Investing for the Soul. Investingforthesoul.com is your site for vital global ethical and sustainable investing mentoring, news, commentary, information, and resources. Now I'm having to record this podcast two days earlier than usual. But it is still filled with great, up-to-the-minute, informative articles! Also, remember that you can find a full transcript and links to content – including stock symbols and bonus material – on this episode's podcast page at investingforthesoul.com/podcasts. Also, a reminder. I do not evaluate any of the stocks or funds mentioned in these podcasts, and I don't receive any compensation from anyone covered in these podcasts. Furthermore, I will reveal any investments I have in the investments mentioned herein. Additionally, quotes about individual companies are brief. Please go to this podcast's webpage for links to the articles and more company and stock information. ------------------------------------------------------------- Best Low-Carbon ETFs and Stocks (1) Today, I'm starting with two articles on low-carbon ETFs and stocks from analysts at carboncredits.com. The first article is titled Top 5 Carbon ETFs for Sustainable Investing in 2025. It's by Saptakee S. Here are the picks and brief quotes from the article. “1. iShares Global Clean Energy ETF (ICLN) is a part of BlackRock and a top-performing ETF… Essentially, this fund tracks an index of stocks in the global clean energy sector. One important attribute of this ETF is its strict sustainability rules. It excludes companies involved in weapons, tobacco, coal, oil sands, and Arctic drilling. (It) currently manages assets worth $5-6 billion. 2. Invesco Solar ETF (TAN) known as TAN, manages assets valued between $3–4 billion… This fund focuses on solar energy companies, such as manufacturers, installers, and technology providers… TAN is based on the MAC Global Solar Energy Index. It invests 90% of its assets in securities, American depositary receipts (ADRs), and global depositary receipts (GDRs) listed in the index… 3. First Trust Global Wind Energy ETF (FAN) known as FAN, currently manages assets worth $2–3 billion… It's prospective for those managing wind farms, producing wind power, or making wind energy equipment. However, companies must have a market cap of at least $100 million, a daily trading volume of $500,000, and a free float of 25% to join the index. 4. SPDR S&P Kensho Clean Power ETF (CNRG) currently has assets worth $1–2 billion… It is managed by State Street's Investment Solutions Group and is built for long-term growth. With its focus on innovation and the clean energy sector, this ETF is a great option for those wanting to invest in the future of renewable energy. 5. Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF (LIT) gives investors access to the booming electrification, lithium, and battery technology sector. Their assets have a $4–5 billion valuation… The ongoing global demand for lithium and supply constraints make this ETF a promising investment in this sector.” End quotes. ------------------------------------------------------------- Best Low-Carbon ETFs and Stocks (2) Now this is the second article on Low-Carbon investments titled Top 5 Carbon Stocks to Watch in 2025. It's by Jennifer L. and also found on carboncredits.com. “1. Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP) is one of the world's largest publicly traded renewable energy companies. With a clear focus on clean, renewable energy, Brookfield Renewable Partners distinguishes itself from many of its competitors by operating as a pure-play renewable energy company. This means that its portfolio consists exclusively of renewable sources of power generation, unlike other companies that often combine renewable energy with fossil fuel assets. As of 2024, Brookfield Renewable Partners diversified portfolio encompasses over 35,000 megawatts of operating capacity across various renewable energy sources. This extensive array of assets spans multiple regions, including North America, South America, Europe, and Asia, underscoring Brookfield Renewable Partners commitment to global renewable energy development. For investors seeking exposure to the renewable energy sector with a preference for established companies demonstrating stable growth and reliable returns, Brookfield Renewable Partners represents a compelling option. 2. Aker Carbon Capture ASA (AKCCF) is a Norwegian company specializing in carbon capture technology. Leveraging its expertise from the Aker Group, a global leader in offshore engineering, Aker Carbon Capture has developed modular carbon capture systems that are both cost-effective and scalable… With a solid financial foundation and strategic partnerships, Aker Carbon Capture is well-positioned to expand its carbon capture solutions globally. The aim is to contribute significantly to the reduction of industrial CO₂ emissions and support the transition to a low-carbon economy. 3. LanzaTech Global, Inc. (LNZA) is a pioneering carbon recycling company that transforms waste carbon emissions into sustainable fuels and chemicals through innovative biotechnology using gas fermentation. Through this process, industrial emissions—rich in carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide—are converted into ethanol and other chemicals… The ethanol produced can serve as a building block for various products, including jet fuel, plastics, and synthetic fibers. With a solid financial foundation bolstered by recent capital raises and strategic partnerships, LanzaTech is well-positioned to expand its carbon recycling solutions globally, creating sustainable products from waste carbon. 4. Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY) is a major player in the oil and gas industry. However, in recent years, the company has been transforming itself into a leader in carbon management solutions.  Occidental has embraced Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology, which removes CO₂ directly from the atmosphere. In partnership with Carbon Engineering, Occidental is constructing the world's largest DAC facility in Texas, a groundbreaking project that will play a significant role in achieving global emission reduction targets… Occidental's approach is an example of how traditional energy companies are evolving to embrace sustainability. By combining its existing expertise in oil extraction with innovative carbon capture methods, Occidental is paving the way for a future where fossil fuel extraction can coexist with carbon reduction technologies. 5. Equinor ASA (EQNR) formerly known as Statoil, is a Norwegian energy giant that has diversified its portfolio to include renewable energy sources like wind power. It has also been at the forefront of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies for over 25 years… Equinor is a key player in the Northern Lights project, a pioneering initiative in Norway aimed at developing a large-scale carbon capture and storage infrastructure… Equinor has decades of experience in offshore oil and gas exploration. Its deep-rooted knowledge of energy infrastructure is key to its success in developing large-scale carbon capture and storage solutions. With the potential to store the equivalent of 1,000 years of Norwegian CO₂ emissions beneath the seabed, Equinor's initiatives are pivotal in supporting global climate goals.” End quotes. ------------------------------------------------------------- Best Low-Carbon ETFs and Stocks (3) Still, on the theme of energy-related investments is this article titled 3 Renewable Energy Stocks to Buy in 2025 and Hold for Decades. It's by James Brumley and found on fool.com. Here is some of what Mr. Brumley says about his picks. “1. Cameco (NYSE: CCJ) one of the planet's top suppliers of uranium, with access to plenty of high-grade reserves. Its two chief mining operations in Saskatchewan, Canada, are currently jointly capable of producing a total of 43 million pounds of high-grade uranium per year, but both could support more output at only marginally more cost… Do prepare for continued volatility from Cameco stock that reflects the continued volatility of uranium prices -- although maybe not quite as much as you might expect. Confidence in nuclear power as a clean source of electricity is slowly but surely improving, leveling out these swings. 2. Brookfield Renewable (BEPC -2.65%) (BEP -1.29%). (Yes, a second recommendation in this podcast.) If you feel confident that renewable energy as an industry is investment-worthy but you don't know where to start, consider a stake in Brookfield Renewable Corp. With it, you'll own a little of everything the business encompasses… There is one detail worth pointing out there. That is, this is not Brookfield Asset Management (BAM.TO), Brookfield Corporation (BN), or Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BNT). Although all of these companies are related, Brookfield Renewable is the only one with direct exposure to the alternative energy market. The others are simply involved in the management and marketing of Brookfield Renewable. 3. First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) First Solar stock is down nearly 40% from its June peak largely on concerns that President-elect Donald Trump isn't as supportive of solar power as his predecessor was. And maybe he isn't. The solar tax credits that boosted the business under President Joe Biden's watch are anything but guaranteed to last through Trump's tenure… The irony is that the analyst community is still calling for strong growth from First Solar regardless of who's occupying the White House. Last year's projected top-line growth of 29% is expected to be followed by 32% growth this year, followed by 21% revenue growth next year. Even producing half of that anticipated growth should shake this stock out of its current funk and rekindle a long-term advance.” End quotes. ------------------------------------------------------------- Best Low-Carbon ETFs and Stocks (4) And, yes, another analyst article on the renewable energy theme — but with a very different angle. It's titled 2 Renewable Energy Stocks to Buy in 2025 and Hold for Decades by Leo Sun on aol.com. It was originally published on fool.com. “1. NuScale Power (NYSE: SMR) produces the only small modular reactors (SMRs) that have been certified with a Standard Design Approval (SDA) from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Its SMRs can be installed in vessels that are just 9 feet (2.7m) wide and 65 feet (20m) tall -- which makes them much easier to deploy than larger nuclear reactors. NuScale's modular designs are prefabricated, delivered, and assembled on-site. That approach reduces the costs and construction time of a working nuclear reactor. Its current reactor clusters are certified for up to 55 megawatts of electricity… NuScale's stock has already surged nearly 650% over the past 12 months in anticipation of that approval, but it still trades more than 20% below its all-time high from last November. Analysts only expect its revenue to rise 4% to $24 million in 2024. 2. CleanSpark (NASDAQ: CLSK) develops modular microgrids for wind, solar, and other renewable energy sources. These microgrids can be deployed as stand-alone systems or plugged into existing energy grids, and they're used to funnel energy into storage systems, backup generators, and load management solutions. CleanSpark initially developed these green energy systems for other companies, but it evolved into a Bitcoin miner upon acquiring ATL Data Centers in May 2021. It upgraded ATL's mining facilities with its technology to boost their efficiency and demonstrate that it was possible to mine Bitcoins with low-carbon energy… From fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2027, analysts expect its revenue and adjusted EBITDA to grow at a CAGR of 36% and 22%... That makes it a great long-term play if you expect Bitcoin's price to keep climbing and the renewable energy market to keep expanding.” End quotes. ------------------------------------------------------------- Additional article not covered due to time constraints 1. Title: Start-up Bountiful Financial Launches Stock Indices Based on Religious Teachings & Believers' Real-World Experiences. Media release. ------------------------------------------------------------- Ending Comment These are my top news stories with their stock and fund tips for this podcast “Best Low-Carbon ETFs and Stocks.” Please click the like and subscribe buttons wherever you download or listen to this podcast. That helps bring these podcasts to others like you. And please click the share buttons to share this podcast with your friends and family. Let's promote ethical and sustainable investing as a force for hope and prosperity in these terribly troubled times! Contact me if you have any questions. Thank you for listening. I'll talk to you next February 7th. Bye for now.   © 2025 Ron Robins, Investing for the Soul

Send us a textJoin David & Ed for a special end-of-2024 Ask-Us-Anything episode dedicated to your questions. Thanks to everyone who sent in your questions - we couldn't do it without you!Also, thanks to the Pembina Institute for help with an answer at 22:00 (reference link - Meeting the emissions cap-A feasible pathway for the oil and gas) About Your EvC Co-Hosts:David Keith is Professor and Founding Faculty Director, Climate Systems Engineering Initiative at the University of Chicago. He is the founder of Carbon Engineering and was formerly a professor at Harvard University and the University of Calgary. He splits his time between Canmore and Chicago.Sara Hastings-Simon studies energy transitions at the intersection of policy, business, and technology. She's a policy wonk, a physicist turned management consultant, and a professor at the University of Calgary and Director of the Master of Science in Sustainable Energy Development.Ed Whittingham is a clean energy policy/finance professional specializing in renewable electricity generation and transmission, carbon capture, carbon removal and low carbon transportation. He is a Public Policy Forum fellow and formerly the executive director of the Pembina Institute, a national clean energy think tank.Produced by Amit Tandon & Bespoke Podcasts___Energy vs Climatewww.energyvsclimate.com Bluesky | YouTube | LinkedIn | X/Twitter

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The Carbon Removal Show team are dusting off our mics, and we have some exciting news! The biggest of welcomes and ‘thank you's to our coalition partners: Carbon Engineering, Carbonfuture, Carbon Gap, CarbonX, Klarna, MASH Makes, Milkywire, the Negative Emissions Platform, Opna, Patch, Pinwheel, Planboo, ReCarber, Standard Gas Technologies and Supercritical; and to our individual supporters: Sebastian Manhart and Eve Tamme. To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including how to support our mission, head to thecarbonremovalshow.com.

Rethinking EV ChargingA commonly held belief by new or prospective EV owners is that purchasing one requires the installation of a “level 2”, or 240 volt, home charger. Sara and Ed chat about recent University of Calgary research that challenges this assumption. They discuss considerations that might go into choosing which option is best for EV owners and people considering EVs, as well as the practical realities when it comes to charging, range anxiety - and pottery kilns. About Your EvC Co-Hosts:David Keith is Professor and Founding Faculty Director, Climate Systems Engineering Initiative at the University of Chicago. He is the founder of Carbon Engineering and was formerly a professor at Harvard University and the University of Calgary. He splits his time between Canmore and Chicago.Sara Hastings-Simon studies energy transitions at the intersection of policy, business, and technology. She's a policy wonk, a physicist turned management consultant, and a professor at the University of Calgary and Director of the Master of Science in Sustainable Energy Development.Ed Whittingham is a clean energy policy/finance professional specializing in renewable electricity generation and transmission, carbon capture, carbon removal and low carbon transportation. He is a Public Policy Forum fellow and formerly the executive director of the Pembina Institute, a national clean energy think tank.Produced by Amit Tandon & Bespoke Podcasts___Energy vs Climate: How climate is changing our energy systemswww.energyvsclimate.com Twitter/X | Bluesky | YouTube | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram

*This My Climate Journey podcast episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the Ion during Houston Energy and Climate Startup Week. Our guest is, Vicki Hollub, CEO of Occidental Petroleum (Oxy), a century-old oil and gas company employing over 12,000 people globally with a market cap near $50 billion. Recently the company has made significant investments into what they refer to as “carbon management” technologies including the acquisition of Carbon Engineering, a Direct Air Capture (DAC) company, in 2023 for $1.1 billion. Oxy is commercializing Carbon Engineering's technology through its 1PointFive initiative and aims to deploy 70 DAC facilities by 2035. These efforts include recently receiving draft permits from the EPA for Class VI Injection wells, enabling the permanent geologic sequestration of CO₂, an advance market commitment from Microsoft to purchase 500,000 metric tons of carbon removal, and an award from the US Department of Energy for up to $500M to build a 1M ton per year facility.The conversation covers a lot of territory. Vicki acknowledges climate change and its effects on extreme weather and natural ecosystems, while also stating that Oxy does not view the energy transition as a shift away from oil and gas. Instead, she describes a future where oil and gas exploration could become carbon-negative through advancements in enhanced oil recovery (EOR), a technology that uses CO₂ to extract fossil fuels from otherwise depleted wells.This is a notable interview for MCJ as Vicki is the first oil and gas CEO we've had on the show. We believe it's important to understand how a company like Oxy, which has a very large greenhouse gas emissions footprint, thinks about its future plans. We also know that many who listen to this show are interested in Oxy's DAC efforts and their perspective on the future of the technologies and markets around it. Vicki became CEO in 2016, the first woman to lead a major American oil company. We are grateful to Katie Mehnert of ALLY Energy for connecting us with her for this conversation.In this episode, we cover: [03:28] Navigating the trust gap between O&G companies and the public[06:42] Vicki's early career path[08:32] The O&G boom in the Permian Basin in the mid-2000s[11:18] Vicki's path to becoming the first female CEO at Oxy[17:15] Changing dynamics and priorities while running a complex company like Oxy[18:00] How Vicki pitched Warren Buffet to invest in Oxy and navigated the impacts[21:11] How Oxy attracts and retains talent, plus generational differences[26:36] Challenges and opportunities Oxy sees in the energy transition[30:45] Navigating urgency relative to long-term planning[34:01] How the transition of innovation and legacy businesses could play out[44:36] Oxy's focus on carbon management, including direct air capture[49:55] Challenges in scaling DAC, including partnerships and funding[53:46] Vicki's thoughts on achieving a net-zero carbon barrel of oil[59:44] Her perspectives on the future of the oil and gas industry and its evolutionEpisode recorded on Sept 11, 2024 (Published on Oct 1, 2024) Get connected with MCJ: Cody Simms X / LinkedInMCJ Podcast / Collective / YouTube*If you liked this episode, please consider giving us a review! You can also reach us via email at info@mcj.vc, where we encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.

Libby Munford chats with Daniel Friedmann, who has recently been announced as Solutum's Corporate Director and Board Member. Friedmann has been tasked with global scaling of company's sustainable material with holistic End-of-Life for flexible packaging.Friedmann previously served as Chairman and then also as CEO of Carbon Engineering, the pioneer and category leader in direct air capture. Under his leadership, direct air capture technology has become a pillar of decarbonization efforts. Prior to this, Friedmann was Corporate Director and CEO of MDA Space (TSX: MDA) (formerly MDA Ltd.), leader in advanced technology and services for the global space industry. During his tenure with MDA, Friedmann oversaw company growth from $80 million to over $2 billion in revenues.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For more packaging news, interviews and multimedia content visit Packaging Europe.

In this final episode of the Global Climate Change and U.S. Law series, editor Michael Gerrard will talk with Tracy Hester, Instructional Professor of Law at University of Houston Law Center, and Peter Lehner, Managing Attorney for Earthjustice's Sustainable Food & Farming Program, about engineered methods that remove the pollution before it goes out a smokestack, or that draw it down from the atmosphere; and changed farming methods to reduce agricultural emissions and absorb carbon in plants and soil. This episode will be focused on Part 5, "The Next Legal Frontiers," of "Global Climate Change and U.S. Law 3rd Edition." Get your copy of Global Climate Change and U.S. Law, Third Edition here: Global Climate Change and U.S. Law, Third Edition (americanbar.org)

David, Sara, and Ed talk to Canada's Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Jonathan Wilkinson. The conversation was very timely given that Canada's federal parliament had only just risen for the summer. It was also revealing of the challenges and opportunities facing the current federal government on climate and energy policy. They covered a broad range of energy and climate policy topics, from electrification, affordability concerns, policy resilience, to his government's industrial decarbonization problem.About Our Guest:The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson has served as the Member of Parliament for North Vancouver since 2015. He has also served in the Prime Minister's Cabinet as Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and currently as Minister of Energy and Natural Resources. Raised in Saskatchewan, Minister Wilkinson spent more than 20 years in the private sector, holding leadership positions with a number of companies dedicated to the development of clean technology.About Your Co-Hosts:David Keith is Professor and Founding Faculty Director, Climate Systems Engineering Initiative at the University of Chicago. He is the founder of Carbon Engineering and was formerly a professor at Harvard University and the University of Calgary. He splits his time between Canmore and Chicago.Sara Hastings-Simon studies energy transitions at the intersection of policy, business, and technology. She's a policy wonk, a physicist turned management consultant, and a professor at the University of Calgary and Director of the Master of Science in Sustainable Energy Development.Ed Whittingham is a clean energy policy/finance professional specializing in renewable electricity generation and transmission, carbon capture, carbon removal and low carbon transportation. He is a Public Policy Forum fellow and formerly the executive director of the Pembina Institute, a national clean energy think tank.Produced by Amit Tandon & Bespoke PodcastsSend us a Text Message.___Energy vs Climate: How climate is changing our energy systemswww.energyvsclimate.com Twitter/X | Bluesky | YouTube | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram

Steve Oldham is a prominent entrepreneur and carbon removal advocate. He currently serves as CEO of Captura where he is leading the commercialization of Direct Ocean Capture – a climate solution that combines innovative technology with the natural carbon removal powers of the ocean to remove CO2 from the atmosphere at scale. Steve's career has focused on bringing ground-breaking technologies to market in a variety of domains, including robotics, aerospace, and climate. Steve was previously CEO of leading Direct Air Capture (DAC) company, Carbon Engineering, where he grew the company from ~15 to ~150 people, and established the partnership with Occidental that led to their acquisition of Carbon Engineering in November 2023. Steve also served as Senior Vice President, Strategic Business Development for MDA, a leading Canadian technology firm. At MDA, Steve held a variety of senior executive positions across Canada and the US, covering General Management, Business Development, and Strategy, and secured financing from Government and commercial sources for a variety of complex technologies, including several large satellite programs. https://capturacorp.com/ https://nexuspmg.com/

The urgency of addressing climate change requires the rapid industrialisation and widespread adoption of green tech. What stands in the way of the mass production and market acceptance of these new technologies? How can organisations overcome these obstacles and achieving fast-paced industrialisation? Hear from Kanika Chandaria (Lead Venture Architect, BCG X), Stefan Groß-Selbeck (Senior Partner and Managing Director at BCG, Global Leader of BCG X Green Tech, BCG X), Vuk Trifkovic (MD and Partner, BCG X), Irina Gorbounova (VP M&A and Head of XCarb Innovation Fund, ArcelorMittal), Dr Amy Ruddock (VP for Europe and the Middle East, Carbon Engineering), Ben Potter (SVP Strategy & Corporate Development, Energy Dome), and Hanane Mourchid (Chief Sustainability Officer, OCP Group). The inaugural Innovation Zero Congress at Olympia London in 2023 convened 6,866 passionate, forward-looking experts who exchanged critical knowledge, debate and discussions around the implementation and scaling of the innovations needed to meet the Paris goals. Learn more via www.innovationzero.com.

In this episode, we talk to Dave Kettner, President and General Counsel at Virent about the company's innovative contributions to renewable energy and its pivotal role in shaping a sustainable future in aviation.Kettner emphasises their breakthroughs in renewable fuels, particularly their BioForming process that converts plant carbohydrates into bioformate, a green alternative to petroleum products. This process is used to create sustainable gasoline, aviation fuel, and materials for various industries, marking a shift to plant-based resources.Kettner also highlights Virent's rapid conversion of plant sugars into fuels and chemicals, a faster alternative to natural oil formation. Despite varying global views on biofuels, he remains positive, citing agricultural advancements. A notable project is their collaboration with Virgin Atlantic on a 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel flight, showcasing their technology's practical use. Virent plans to globally license its technology, aiming to decrease aviation emissions and foster a more sustainable industry, aligning with their commitment to renewable energy development.If you LOVED this episode, you'll also love the conversation we had with Amy Ruddock, VP Europe and Middle East at Carbon Engineering, who explains how Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology – that removes carbon dioxide directly out of the atmosphere – can help decarbonise aviation. Check it out here.Learn more about the innovators who are navigating the industry's challenges to make sustainable aviation a reality, in our new book ‘Sustainability in the Air'. Click here to learn more.Feel free to reach out via email to podcast@simpliflying.com. For more content on sustainable aviation, visit our website green.simpliflying.com and join the movement. It's about time.Links & More:Virent and Johnson Matthey's SAF breakthrough powers Virgin Atlantic's historic 100% sustainable transatlantic flight - Hydrocarbon ProcessingLighting the SAFterburners: Virent, Air bp, Virgin, Gevo, Axens, ECARU, others accelerating on SAF - Biofuels Digest Rolls-Royce and Gulfstream test 100% SAF blend in G650 twin-jet; HEFA and SAK - Green Car Congress Madison company's plant-based biofuel powers engine of Boeing 777 jet - Madison Virent developing environmentally friendly bottles for Coke How Direct Air Capture technology could ensure long-term SAF supply - SimpliFlying

Episode 29 is with Anna Stukas, Vice President of Business Development at Carbon Engineering Ltd.Today Na'im speaks with Anna Stukas about how Carbon Engineering is helping the aviation industry to decarbonize, and what roles direct air capture (DAC) technologies play in the sector's overall strategy to reach net-zero.Anna Stukas is a Vice President of Business Development at Carbon Engineering Ltd.  Anna is a professional engineer with nearly two decades experience bridging the gap between technology and business to overcome barriers to cleantech commercialization. She currently leads a variety of CE's partnering and business development efforts, with a focus on the aviation ecosys tem.  Anna previously worked with Angstrom Power and BIC developing hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, where her responsibilities spanned IP and licensing strategy, product safety, and international regulatory development, including at the United Nations and International Civil Aviation Organization. Anna currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, and of Science World. Anna's work has been recognized by the Minerva Foundation's Women In™ Energy Award for Philanthropy and Business in Vancouver's Forty Under 40 Award. Carbon Engineering (CE) is a climate solutions company. CE is focused on the global deployment of large-scale Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology that captures carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, enabling two complementary solutions to reach true net zero: permanent carbon dioxide removal and sustainable aviation fuel. With its partners, CE is working to deploy large-scale, commercial DAC facilities. In this episode, Na'im and Anna discuss:* The aviation industry's emissions problem and its progress in decarbonization;* Challenges with sustainable aviation fuel;* Carbon removal's role in counter-balancing residual emissions;* The role of direct air capture in decarbonizing aviation;* Carbon Engineering's recent agreement with airlines;* The role of other carbon removal solutions play in addressing aviation emissions;* The future of DAC in decarbonizing aviation;* The need for government procurement of carbon removal;* The critical pieces in ensuring sufficiency DAC capacity scale-up; and* Impacts of the Oxy acquisition.Relevant Links:* Na'im's report with Clean Air Task Force - “Decarbonizing Aviation: Challenges and Opportunities for Emerging Fuels”* Mission Possible Partnership - “Making Net-Zero Aviation Possible”* IATA's Net Zero Roadmaps* ANA Group Environmental Targets* Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) * Robert Höglund on the like-for-like removal principle for offsetting* U.S. DOE's $35 Million “Carbon Dioxide Removal Purchase Pilot Prize”* Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)* Oxy's announcement to acquire Carbon Engineering (Press Release)Special Note: Carbon Removal Canada's official (in person) launch event is in Ottawa on November 8th from 4-6pm. Register here while there's still space!This episode was created and published by Na'im Merchant. Episode production and content support provided by Tank Chen. Na'im Merchant is the co-founder and Executive Director of Carbon Removal Canada, a policy initiative focused on scaling carbon removal in Canada. He is also a policy fellow with Elemental Excelerator. He previously ran carbon removal consulting practice Carbon Curve, and publishes The Carbon Curve newsletter and podcast. Every two weeks, Na'im will release a short interview with individuals advancing the policies, technologies, and collective action needed to scale up carbon removal around the world.Tank Chen is a carbon removal advocate based in Taiwan whose focus is on communicating the importance of CDR to policy makers, corporate leaders, and the broader public through education, communications, and policy advocacy.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to this podcast on your favorite podcast app or subscribe via The Carbon Curve newsletter here. If you'd like to get in touch with Na'im, you can reach out via LinkedIn. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit carboncurve.substack.com

Removing carbon directly from the air might seem like a technology of the distant future, but ‘direct air capture' is increasingly becoming a reality, especially as companies try to figure out how they're going to meet their net-zero targets. How does DAC actually work, and how seriously should we take it compared to other means of carbon removal? On today's show, Dana sits down with Sharon Mustri and Brenna Casey from BNEF's Sustainable Materials team. Together they take a look at the companies that are investing in DAC, the cost of this technology as well as its rival carbon removal methods, and how one can go about storing all that carbon once it's been filtered and captured. Today's episode draws from the BNEF research note Direct Air Capture: Market and Cost Outlook, which assesses the DAC market through 2050. Complimentary BNEF research on the trends driving the transition to a lower-carbon economy can be found at BNEF on the Bloomberg Terminal, on bnef.com or on the BNEF mobile app. Links to research notes from this episode: Direct Air Capture: Market and Cost Outlook - https://www.bnef.com/insights/32021 Amazon, Microsoft Boost Demand for Carbon Removal Tech - https://www.bnef.com/shorts/s16pkct0g1kw01 Occidental's Big Buy May Alter Path of $150 Billion Market - https://www.bnef.com/insights/32055See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The voluntary carbon market (VCM) has a total value of over $2 billion, and some predictions show it growing to $10 billion in just a few years.  But the integrity of the carbon offsets available has come under increasing scrutiny in recent years, causing demand to slow and prices to go down. According to a new report from Morgan Stanley the market is approaching a ‘tipping point', as more and more companies hesitate to stake their environmental claims on offsets that may be debunked in the newspaper the next day. If the market does hit a tipping point, what's next? And what does it mean for the companies and governments hoping that “carbon removal” can fill the gap with a more reliable type of offset? Our panel will take a look at implications of the oil company Oxy purchasing Carbon Engineering. Is big oil good for DAC?  Whether or not oil and gas should be involved in carbon removal is healthy debate within the CDR community, and this announcement made headlines in the broader environmental media too.  Listen to hear what our policy panel, Holly Buck and Wil Burns, think about this news and its aftermath.  On This Episode Radhika Moolgavkar Wil Burns Holly Jean Buck Resources Size of VCMs Article on “Tipping Point” report West et al. Paper on Carbon Offsets Liberia + Dubai Offset Deal Oxy buys Carbon Engineering NOAA Awards Connect with Nori Nori Nori's Twitter Nori's other podcast Reversing Climate Change Nori's CDR meme twitter account --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carbonremovalnewsroom/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carbonremovalnewsroom/support

In this episode, we talk to Amy Ruddock, VP Europe and Middle East at Carbon Engineering. Based in British Columbia, Canada, Carbon Engineering aims to combat climate change by globally implementing Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology at a megaton-scale. Unlike traditional methods, DAC directly extracts CO2, the key greenhouse gas behind climate change, from the atmosphere, addressing both current unavoidable emissions and past CO2 emissions still present in the atmosphere.The discussion centers on carbon emissions, capture, and aviation's role in climate change. Ruddock calls for carbon balance, and discusses the Carbon Engineering and Occidental Petroleum partnership, emphasising strategic alliances and Occidental's commitment to carbon management. We also learn about carbon capture credits, synthetic aviation fuels, cost reduction, direct air capture hubs, Ruddock's career and passion for decarbonising aviation, Heathrow expansion, Virgin Atlantic's 100% SAF flight, and Carbon Engineering's global expansion plans.If you LOVED this episode, you'll also love the conversation we had with Gregory Constantine, Co-Founder and CEO of Air Company whose proprietary AIRMADE™ technology that replicates photosynthesis, is converting carbon dioxide into pure alcohols. Initially introducing a carbon-negative vodka, Air Vodka, the company also produces sanitiser and perfume. Crucially, they've developed a one-step, 100% drop-in sustainable aviation fuel directly from CO2. Check it out here.Feel free to reach out via email to podcast@simpliflying.com. For more content on sustainable aviation, visit our website green.simpliflying.com and join the movement. It's about time.Links & More:Direct Air Capture Technology - Carbon Engineering 1PointFive announces agreement with Airbus for the purchase of 400,000 tonnes of carbon removal credits - Decarbonisation TechnologyHow All Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Feedstocks and Production Technologies Can Play a Role in Decarbonizing Aviation - Aviation ProsOccidental, 1PointFive to Begin Construction of World's Largest Direct Air Capture Plant in the Texas Permian Basin - OxyVisualizing the scale of the carbon removal problem - The Verge Virgin Atlantic's 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel gambit - SimpliFlying ➡️ The company transforming CO2 into clean alcohols and fuel - SimpliFlying 

The Briefs: Inflation ticks higher; Real estate volume flatlines; Housing starts drop; US retail sales are strong; We Work on the ropes; BC's Carbon Engineering to be bought by Occidental Petroleum. A look at rent in Canada, By the Numbers. A new report calls for millions of new rental units to be built. What else should government be doing to spur more building? Will work from home crush downtown landlords?

Learn more about this podcast or subscribe to the email version at OneSentenceNews.com.In this episode:Occidental to buy Canadian startup Carbon Engineering for $1.1 billionLibyan factions pause Tripoli battle with 27 deadRussia's central bank makes huge interest rate hike to try to prop up falling ruble ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

17 août 2023François Legault a confirmé que son gouvernement songe bien à créer une nouvelle agence à laquelle seraient transférées certaines responsabilités du ministère des transports. Le premier ministre a précisé que cette agence s'occuperait uniquement des projets de transport collectif. Le ministre de l'économie Pierre Fitzgibbon maintient sa position sur la réduction du parc automobile, qu'il voit comme une nécessitéSelon le ministre, si le Québec veut atteindre la carboneutralité en 2050, il faudra réduire le nombre de voitures en circulation de moitié, ou d'au moins 30%.Réserver l'immigration exclusivement à des francophones pourrait nuire à l'attractivité du QuébecC'est ce qu'affirme l'Institut du Québec (IDQ) dans un mémoire transmis au ministère de l'immigration dans le cadre de sa planification pour la période 2024-2027.On sait que, pour les programmes d'immigration économique, le gouvernement Legault souhaite sélectionner uniquement des personnes qui ont une connaissance minimale du français à l'oral. Or, l'IDQ croit qu'«un tel critère pourrait nuire à l'attractivité du Québec», notamment auprès des candidats dans des secteurs de pointe.Les syndicats demandent à Québec de s'attaquer à la pénurie de main-d'œuvre des cégepsLes syndicats des employés du secteur collégial affirment que les cégeps ont du mal à recruter du personnel, et que les départs se multiplient chez les employés de soutien, les professionnels et les enseignants.La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec a obtenu au cours de 6 premiers mois de l'année un rendement de 4,2%. Au 30 juin, l'actif net de la Caisse était de 424 milliards $.Pharmalab cherche un repreneurLa société de Lévis fait partie d'un groupe de trois entreprises qui se sont placées à l'abri de leurs créanciers.Pharmalab avait annoncé lundi à ses 170 employés qu'elle les mettait à pied en raison d'importantes difficultés financières. D-Box, une entreprise de Longueuil qui conçoit et vend des sièges vibrants pour le cinéma et les jeux vidéos, et qui est côté à la bourse de Toronto, annonce qu'elle a créé, il y a quelque temps, un comité d'«examen stratégique» de ses activités.Ralph Lauren Canada est accusée de bénéficier du travail forcé en Chine Une startup de Colombie-Britannique spécialisée dans le captage du CO2, Carbon Engineering, va être achetée par la société pétrolière américaine Occidental Petroleum pour plus d'un milliard de dollars américains. L'application TweetDeck est désormais payanteDepuis mardi soir, il faut être abonné au service Blue de X (anciennement Twitter) pour accéder à l'application X Pro (anciennement TweetDeck). --- Détails sur ces nouvelles et autres nouvelles: https://infobref.com S'abonner aux infolettres gratuites d'InfoBref: https://infobref.com/infolettres Écouter le balado d'InfoBref et voir comment s'y abonner sur les principales plateformes de balado: https://infobref.com/audio Commentaires et suggestions à l'animateur Patrick Pierra, et information sur la commandite de ce balado: editeur@infobref.com Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Dan Friedmann is the CEO of Carbon Engineering. The company is at the frontier of a new industry, direct air capture. They just broke ground on a big plant in Texas that will pull carbon dioxide out of the air. Dan's problem is this: how do you bring the price of direct air capture way down? And how do you convince companies and governments to pay for scrubbing carbon out of the air?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Desiree speaks with Kike Miralles and Josh Goldman, an alumnus of Imperial College, about mining critical minerals. They focus on exploration and discovery innovation to boost the output needed to fill the mineral demand and supply gap. Kike and Josh both share their experiences and insights working in this field - Josh by founding KoBold Metals, a startup backed by top investors like Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz and Kike by working in deep-tech venture capital and investing in the new mining innovation at Starlight Ventures. They also talk about how founders, investors, and companies should make sense of the geopolitical complexity in mining in addition to talent and research gaps in the mining industry.    Kike Miralles is a Principal at Starlight Ventures, a Miami-based venture capital firm for founders addressing the world's most pressing challenges and opportunities. Starlight partners early with unstoppable entrepreneurs leveraging breakthrough science to pursue progress at scale. Starlight Ventures has a strong investing track record in decarbonization; Starlight's portfolio includes Carbon Engineering, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Impossible Metals, and Quaise among others. Prior to Starlight Ventures, Kike consulted for McKinsey and Company, completed his MBA at MIT, and earned his Bachelor's and Master's in the field of physics at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Spain and Ulm University in Germany.      Josh Goldman is the co-Founder and President of KoBold Metals, a startup aiming to leverage artificial intelligence to identify mineral deposits needed for transition to a low-carbon economy. Prior to founding KoBold Metals, Josh worked in oil and gas private equity, and also consulted for McKinsey and Company. He earned his PhD. in Physics at Harvard University, holds Master degrees in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics from Cambridge University and in History of Science at Imperial College, and earned a Bachelors of Physics at Cornell University.        Selected resources:   Email for suggestions:  podcast.greenminds@gmail.com 

Episode 12 of The Carbon Curve is with Adrian Corless, CEO and CTO of CarbonCapture Inc.This episode is sponsored by Carbonfuture.Carbonfuture is an end-to-end platform for companies who want to participate in removing carbon from the atmosphere. Unlike conventional marketplaces, Carbonfuture's monitoring, reporting, and verification platform solves carbon credit uncertainty for buyers like Microsoft and SwissRe while Carbonfuture's support helps scale the world's most promising carbon removal ventures for real climate impact.About this episode:In early September, direct air capture (DAC) company CarbonCapture announced plans to build a massive new DAC facility in Wyoming. CarbonCapture and its storage partner expect this project to permanently remove five million tons of CO2 from the atmosphere every year by 2030. It would also be the first DAC deployment to use Class VI wells for permanent CO2 storage.A few things stood out to me about this announcement. First, the scale. This is the largest DAC facility ever announced. I wanted to dig deeper on the company's proposed modular approach to build up to its massive 5 million ton per year target capacity by 2030. Second, the announcement specifically referenced the Inflation Reduction Act. I wanted to learn more about how policy was a catalyst in this company's major decision to move forward with a project of this size. And finally, I was curious about CarbonCapture's partnerships with The State of Wyoming and Frontier Carbon Solutions. I wanted to hear more about how strategic partnerships translate into on the ground deployments of new carbon removal (or CDR) projects.So to answer these questions, I speak to CarbonCapture's CEO and CTO about what it's actually going to take, between now and 2030, from technology, policy, partnerships, and carbon markets to realize their ambitious plan - and what comes next.In this episode, Na'im and Adrian discuss:* CarbonCapture's origin story* What make's CarbonCapture unique and scalable, including its modular approach, open systems architecture, and project deployment model (and what about the company's solution is still being worked out)* Roll-out plans for Project Bison, the company's 5 million ton per year DAC plant in Wyoming and its partnership with Frontier Carbon Solutions* The challenges and opportunities with Class VI wells for CO2 storage, and Adrian's views on Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)* What made Wyoming an attractive location for Project Bison, what recent policies helped spur this project launch, and how government procurement can be an important bridge to scaling up CDR* Recent steps taken that could make Canada an attractive destination for DAC deployment, and how CarbonCapture envisions expanding beyond North America* How the Inflation Reduction Act changed the economics of using DAC-sourced CO2 in the production of sustainable aviation fuelsRelevant links:* CarbonCapture's website* CarbonCapture's Project Bison announcement* The world's largest carbon removal project yet is headed for Wyoming (The Verge)* Storage partner Frontier Carbon Solutions* My recent report on decarbonizing aviation with Clean Air Task Force, which includes a discussion on the potential role for DACAbout Adrian Corless:Adrian has spent more than 25 years developing and commercializing products in the cleantech industry. From 2013 to 2018, he was the CEO of Carbon Engineering, where he successfully developed the company into a recognized global leader in CO2 direct air capture, piloting industrial scale systems in under two years. In addition, Adrian has spent 15+ years commercializing industrial hydrogen, fuel cell, and pump technologies, serving as CEO of Rotoliptic Technologies, CTO of Plug Power, and CTO of Cellex Power Products. He holds a Master's of Science degree from the University of Victoria, BC Canada with specialization in Energy Systems, Cryogenics, and LNG.Na'im Merchant, Founder and Managing Director of Carbon Curve, is an advisor and thought partner to start-ups, policy groups, and research organizations on scaling up climate technologies to meet the monumental challenge of removing billions of tons of CO2 from the atmosphere. Every week, Na'im will release a short interview with individuals advancing bold new ideas and taking a collective action approach to scaling up carbon removal. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit carboncurve.substack.com

Carbon removal technologies will enable the world to meet its critical emission removal targets. Anna Stukas, VP of Business Development at Carbon Engineering, joins Dominique Barker to discuss advancing direct air capture technology. The Oxford Principles for Net Zero Aligned Offsetting: https://www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2022-01/Oxford-Offsetting-Principles-2020.pdf Mission Possible Partnership Sector Transition Strategy (MPP-STS) report on making net zero aviation possible: https://missionpossiblepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Making-Net-Zero-Aviation-possible.pdf Airbus and seven major airlines have signed Letters of Intent (LoI) to explore opportunities for a future supply of carbon removal credits from direct air carbon capture technology: https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2022-07-airbus-air-canada-air-france-klm-easyjet-international-airlines

In Episode 7 of The Carbon Curve, Na'im speaks to Dr. Meron Tesfaye and Dr. Danny Broberg from the Bipartisan Policy Center.This week, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, which has been called the most consequential climate bill in history. Among other things, it makes a $369 billion investment in reducing carbon emissions and lowering energy costs, putting America closer to reaching the climate goals set by the current administration.It also has provisions that affect the carbon removal sector directly - expanding much-needed incentives that will grow the CDR industry, and position the US as a leader in this rapidly growing field.In my view, well-designed and well-executed policies can have the single greatest impact on scaling up CDR. So I wanted to speak to policy experts Dr. Meron Tesfaye and Dr. Danny Broberg at the Bipartisan Policy Center - a think tank based here in Washington, DC working on carbon removal policies - about the specific carbon removal investments in the Inflation Reduction Act, as well as supportive policies that have been recently passed, and new proposals we should be watching for on the near horizon.In this episode, Na'im, Meron, and Danny discussed:Carbon removal in The Inflation Reduction ActThe CHIPS Act's funding for carbon removal research, development, and deploymentGovernment procurement of carbon removal proposed in the Federal Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act (CDRLA) and the Carbon Removal and Emissions Storage Technologies (CREST) Act The DAC Hubs Program as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure LawThe Growing Climate Solutions Act, REMOVE Act, and SCALE ActPolicy priorities for carbon removal going forwardRelevant links:Bipartisan Policy Center websiteSummary of Energy and Climate Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act (BPC)Farm and Forest Carbon Solutions Task Force at BPCDirect Air Capture Advisory Council at BPCDAC Day Event Recap Promoting Early Markets for Carbon Dioxide Removal Through Federal Procurement by Natalie Tham, Danny Broberg, and Xan FishmanDr. Meron Tesfaye is a senior policy analyst for BPC's Energy Program. Meron has a Ph.D. in clean energy & hydrogen research and combines that state and federal-policy experience. Prior to BPC, she was a Senior Policy Fellow at Carbon180 and a Science Fellow in the California Senate Budget office. As a scientist turned policy enthusiast, Meron works on issues such as biomass-based carbon removal, hydrogen, and industrial decarbonization.Dr. Danny Broberg received his Ph.D. in Materials Science at UC Berkeley, where he researched next-generation solar and battery materials. After finishing his Ph.D., he went to Capitol Hill where he was a legislative fellow for Senator Chris Coons (D-DE). While there he helped craft and drive forward bipartisan policies relating to carbon management and clean energy commercialization. After a year and a half on the hill, he joined the Bipartisan Policy Center where he focuses primarily on carbon management policies, with a focus on technological solutions and critical mineral supply chains. He runs the BPC's DAC Advisory Council, which includes companies like Carbon Engineering, Climeworks, Global Thermostat, and Air Liquide, as well as former members of Congress like Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), John Delaney (D-MD, former presidential candidate), and Byron Dorgan (D-ND).If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to this podcast on your favorite podcast app or subscribe via The Carbon Curve newsletter here. If you'd like to get in touch with Na'im, you can reach out via Twitter and LinkedIn.Na'im Merchant is an advisor and thought partner to start-ups, policy groups, and research organizations on scaling up climate technologies to meet the monumental challenge of removing billions of tons of CO2 from the atmosphere to combat climate change. Every two weeks, Na'im will release a short interview with individuals advancing bold new ideas and taking a collective action approach to scaling up carbon removal. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit carboncurve.substack.com

Direct air capture (DAC) is growing in popularity around the world, and it is an important tool for reducing CO2 in the atmosphere. But 30% of all the carbon dioxide we've emitted to date is stored in the ocean. So, what can we do to sequester CO2 from ocean water? Is the technology similar to that of direct air capture? How does the process work? Steve Oldham is former CEO of DAC pioneer Carbon Engineering and current CEO of Captura, a startup working to capture carbon dioxide from our oceans at scale. On this episode of Reversing Climate Change, Steve joins Ross and cohost Radhika Moolgavkar, Head of Supply and Methodology at Nori, to explain what he believes may make direct ocean capture cheaper and easier than DAC. Steve discusses how the natural equilibrium between the ocean and the atmosphere provides an opportunity for carbon removal and describes how his team evaluates candidate sites with a focus on existing oil and gas infrastructure. Listen in for Steve's insight on the greatest challenges facing carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and learn how Captura's signature electrodialysis process captures CO2 while attempting to avoid disrupting the ocean. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reversingclimatechange/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reversingclimatechange/support

We often talk about climate change on this podcast. The IPCC deadline is hanging over our heads like the sword of Damocles. This week Steve talks to David Keith, a professor of both Applied Physics and Applied Policy at Harvard, and author of A Case for Climate Engineering. Climate engineering, a term for solar geoengineering or solar radiation modification, would enable us to alter the Earth's reflectivity and reduce some of the climate risks that come from accumulated carbon dioxide. Keith is quick to point out that this is not a silver bullet but should be considered as part of a multi-pronged strategy. Managing climate risk involves four basic actions: Cut emissions by decarbonizing the energy system Remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere Solar radiation modification, or solar geoengineering Adaption to reduce the harms of climate change on crops, people, and ecosystems While there's no way to address climate change without replacing our energy system, it's not the entire solution. If we stop all CO2 emissions today, the climate problem won't improve, it will merely stop getting worse. We won't have reduced the amount of carbon in the atmosphere. Thus the case for climate engineering. The discussion includes the different roles for scientists and activists. They look at limitations, or flaws, in the IPCC report, and consider the importance of separating science from strategy. David Keith has worked near the interface between climate science, energy, technology, and public policy for 25 years. He took first prize in Canada's National Physics Prize exam, won MIT's Prize for Excellence in Experimental Physics, and is one of Time Magazine's heroes of the environment. He's a professor of Applied Physics at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and founder of Carbon Engineering, a company developing technology to capture CO2 from the ambient air to make carbon neutral hydrocarbon fuels. He is author of “A Case for Climate Engineering.” @DKeithClimate on Twitter

In the last 250 years, we've released more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than in the previous 20,000 years. To make serious headway in meeting climate-change deadlines, experts are looking at technologies that go beyond simply curbing emissions to those that can also take carbon dioxide out of the air. In this premiere episode of Solve for X, tech journalist Manjula Selvarajah explores what we can do with all this carbon dioxide from burying it underground to turning it into vodka.  Featured in this episode: Roger Highfield, science director at the Science Museum in London, England, who talks about the importance of carbon capture and objects that can store carbon dioxide released by human activity — from toothpaste to yoga mats — as well as a noisy mechanical tree named Cranky that is 1,000 times faster at removing CO2 from the air than a natural tree.Katharine Hayhoe is a Canadian atmospheric scientist, professor of political science at Texas Tech University and the chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy, a global conservation organization known as Nature United in Canada. She explains the potential benefits — and pitfalls — of trying to “fix” the planet.Anna Stukas, vice president of business development at Carbon Engineering, talks about how the B.C. company can take CO2 out of the atmosphere.Stacy Kauk, the head of sustainability at Shopify, talks about carbon pricing and what to know when evaluating carbon offsets.Further reading: The device that reverses CO2 emissionsCarbon Engineering Makes Gasoline by Capturing Carbon Dioxide From the AirCan We Suck Up Enough CO2 to Cool the Planet?Removing emissions directly from the air might be Canada's best hope for net zero The Mission from MaRS initiative was created to help scale carbon reducing innovations by working to remove the barriers to adopting new technology. Mission from MaRS thanks its founding partners, HSBC, Trottier Family Foundation, RBC Tech for Nature and Thistledown Foundation. It has also received generous support from Peter Gilgan Foundation, BDC, EDC and Mitsubishi Corporation Americas. Learn more about the program at missionfrommars.ca. MaRS helps entrepreneurs looking to scale solutions in climate tech, health and software. We offer targeted support through our Capital and Growth Acceleration programs. To learn more visit us at marsdd.com

Articles covered include: “Meet the 50 fastest-growing green companies in Canada”; “An ETF to Save the Oceans Splashes into the Market”; “Jim Cramer says he likes this alternative energy play for a high inflation environment”; “A Guide To ESG Strategies For Municipal Bond Investors”; and “2022′s Top Sustainable Funds Weather a Tough Market.” And more! Podcast: Ocean's ETF. Fastest Growing Green Companies. Transcript & Links, Episode 85, June 17, 2022 Hello, Ron Robins here. Welcome to my podcast episode 85 published on June 17, 2022, titled “Ocean's ETF. Fastest Growing Green Companies” — and presented by Investing for the Soul. Investingforthesoul.com is your site for vital global ethical and sustainable investing mentoring, news, commentary, information, and resources. Remember that you can find a full transcript, and links to content – including stock symbols, quotes, and bonus material – at this episode's podcast page located at investingforthesoul.com/podcasts. Now if any terms are unfamiliar to you, simply Google them. Also, just a reminder. I do not evaluate any of the stocks or funds mentioned in these podcasts, nor do I receive any compensation from anyone covered in these podcasts. Furthermore, I will reveal to you any personal investments I have in the investments mentioned herein. ------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Green Companies Now I'm headlining with this article. Though it refers to Canadian companies, these companies could be of interest to investors globally. The article's titled Meet the 50 fastest-growing green companies in Canada. It's from the outstanding Corporate Knights group. About half of these companies are public. Here are some quotes from the article. “Our objective was to identify outstanding Canadian entrepreneurs and companies that are gaining significant traction in the fight against carbon – with exciting new solutions that most of the world hasn't discovered yet… These game-changing innovators include Calgary-based Eavor Technologies, which has a system to produce geothermal energy almost anywhere in the world, using looped water streams that tap the heat deep underground to augment solar and wind-powered electrical grids. Toronto-based Hydrostor has another plan for augmenting wind and solar grids, to free utilities from fossil-based backups such as natural gas and nuclear. Hydrostor uses off-peak energy to heat utility-scale quantities of compressed air, which is stored in underground chambers until peak energy demand requires the air to drive a turbine again. In Squamish, B.C., Carbon Engineering – founded by a Harvard professor – has created technologies to suck carbon dioxide right out of the atmosphere, for underground storage or processing into synthetic fuels. Bill Gates is an investor.  Oneka Technologies, founded by entrepreneur Dragan Tutic in Sherbrooke, Quebec, at age 23, brings affordable drinking water to coastal communities with scalable desalination systems, sustainably powered by ocean waves. And one of the women leading the cleantech charge in Canada is electrical engineer Miriam Tuerk. Her company Clear Blue Technologies is bringing light and wireless service to remote regions through ‘smart' off-grid wind and solar systems… The Future Still, most of these companies are works in progress, their ultimate fates unpredictable. In publishing this list, Corporate Knights makes no promises about their prospects, or their suitability for investment. Innovation doesn't work that way. But the future depends on their success.” End quotes. To see the Top 25 fastest-growing publicly traded green companies click the link on this podcast's webpage and scroll down the page. ------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Green Companies Next. A massive area of concern for many investors is climate change and its effects on the world's oceans. Now a fascinating ETF has launched with this concern and here's an article describing it. It's titled An ETF to Save the Oceans Splashes into the Market. It's found on an investopedia.com video podcast. Here are a few quotes from the transcript. “The United Nations World Oceans Day is being celebrated this week, and while we should celebrate and protect our oceans every day, it's always good to focus on our most precious of natural resources, even for one day alone. And now you can invest in helping protect our oceans through a new exchange traded fund (ETF) from New Day Impact, a San Francisco-based asset management and financial technology company that brings responsible investing to those who seek investments that reflect their values, kind of like the folks who listen to the Green Investor Podcast. The New Day Ocean Health Exchange Traded Fund, which trades under the ticker AHOY, launched this week, and it aims for long-term capital appreciation through investments in companies that are diverting ocean-bound plastic waste, supporting sustainable fisheries, controlling ocean acidification caused by CO2 emissions, and actively using strategies to combat ocean pollution and other threats to marine health. Doug Haski, the CEO of New Day Impact, is behind the team bringing that ETF to market, and they are doing it with EarthEcho International, an environmental nonprofit organization established by Philippe and Alexandra Cousteau in honor of their father, Philippe Cousteau Sr. and their grandfather, the legendary explorer Jacques Cousteau. Doug and Philippe, are our special guests this week to talk about the launch.” End quotes. ------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Green Companies Next is an article quoting CNBC.com's renowned host/investor Jim Cramer (who) says he likes this alternative energy play for a high inflation environment. Quote. “CNBC's Jim Cramer… gave investors his blessing to buy shares of Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure. ‘Atlantica's a real company that sells real stuff at a profit and returns those profits to shareholders, while still having a relatively cheap stock. It's exactly what we like in this high inflation environment where the [Federal Reserve] is slamming the brakes on the economy,' the ‘Mad Money' host said. Skyrocketing inflation and Russia's invasion of Ukraine have put pressure on the global supply of commodities, including oil, which is driving up prices of barrels and gas at the pumps. Cramer noted that high-quality alternative energy companies benefit from the skyrocketing prices… He added that Atlantica had solid results for its most recent quarter, reporting 7% comparable revenue growth, and has a 5.5% dividend yield.” End quote. ------------------------------------------------------------- A Guide To ESG Strategies For Municipal Bond Investors Now, most diversified portfolios will include bonds and they'll likely include municipal – or local government – bonds. However, it's rare to find a good guide for ethical and sustainable investors concerning these bonds – but this article offers some insight. It's titled A Guide To ESG Strategies For Municipal Bond Investors. It's by Erin Bigley, Marc Uy; Gavin Romm, and Larry Bellinger. It's found on seekingalpha.com. Here are some quotes. “Summary Municipal bond investors increasingly want to apply environmental, social, and governance considerations to their portfolios. Some muni investors may want to apply ESG screening to avoid specific issuers based on personal considerations and values. Muni impact investing can target many important ESG-related goals, ranging from improving water supplies and mass transit to energy efficiency and economic development.” End quotes. Also, you can get a good idea of what their article covers from these sub-headings. They are. Integration: Measuring ESG Across Muni Portfolios Screening: Customizing According to Investor Preferences Measuring ESG Doesn't Have to Cost You Impact: Improving Outcomes for Underserved Communities Choosing a Muni ESG Approach Hinges on Investor Goals ------------------------------------------------------------- 2022′s Top Sustainable Funds Weather a Tough Market This next article from Morningstar.com in the US has this title that says it all: 2022′s Top Sustainable Funds Weather a Tough Market. It's by Katherine Lynch. Here's some of what Ms. Lynch has to say. “This year has been difficult for many ESG funds. Energy stocks have been top performers, but most sustainable strategies hold little or no oil company stocks because of the link between oil and gas consumption and climate change. At the same time, sustainable funds tend to have outsize weightings in technology stocks, many of which have taken a beating in 2022. As a result, 65% of sustainable U.S. equity funds sit at the bottom of their Morningstar Category rankings in terms of year-to-date performance… Despite the headwinds in 2022, six sustainable funds covered by Morningstar analysts rank in the top half of their category. Five of them carry a Morningstar Analyst Rating of Bronze or Silver. For the most part, the strong 2022 performance for this group of funds isn't limited to just this year. For the past three years, five out of the six landed in top two quintiles of performance. In addition, over the past five years, four of the six funds ranked in the top 10% of all funds in their respective category.” End quotes. There's much more in this article, so I urge you to go to my podcast page and click the link to it. ------------------------------------------------------------- Other Honorable Mentions – not in any order, links on this podcast's webpage 1) Title Merck a Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock With 3.1% Yield (MRK) on Nasdaq.com. By the Dividend Channel. 2) Title Companies Like Nexii Are Betting on Sustainable Construction -- in The New York Times. By Eilene Zimmerman. 3) Title Best Stocks To Buy Now? 3 Solar Energy Stocks In Focus. On Nasdaq.com. By Joe Samuel from StockMarket.com. 4) Title New ESG Fund from Engine No. 1 Leans on Activism. On Kiplinger.com. By Ellen Kennedy. Articles for UK, Australian, and International Investors—again links on this podcast's webpage 1) Title One ASX share price opportunity I couldn't pass up if I started investing today on fool.com.au. By Tristan Harrison. ------------------------------------------------------------- Ending Comment Well, these are my top news stories with their stock and fund tips -- for this podcast: “Ocean's ETF. Fastest Growing Green Companies.” To get all the links, and stock symbols, or to read the transcript of this podcast -- and more -- go to investingforthesoul.com/podcasts and scroll down to this episode. Also, be sure to click the like and subscribe buttons in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or wherever you download or listen to this podcast. And please click the share buttons to share this podcast with your friends and family. Let's promote ethical and sustainable investing as a force for hope in these deeply troubled times! Contact me if you have any questions. Thank you for listening. Talk to you next on July 1. Bye for now. © 2022 Ron Robins, Investing for the Soul

'The key to a successful team is the diversity of experience and thought'. In the eleventh episode of our Women in Leadership podcast series, The Barton Partnership's  Simran Panesar is joined by Amy Ruddock. Amy is VP Europe and Middle East at Carbon Engineering, where her regional accountabilities include strategy, government affairs and business development. Prior to Carbon Engineering, Amy was VP of Corporate Development and Sustainability at Virgin Atlantic. Amy previously spent 10 years at BCG in the Consumer Practice Area, leading projects on topics ranging from strategy to transformation; operations to commercial, working across Europe and the USA.  Here, she shares her career journey, the importance of introspection, the imperative of finding a positive work/life balance and the value of prioritising diversity of thought and experience. 

We discuss the evolution of the direct air carbon capture industry - the ability to remove existing carbon dioxide from the air, regardless of how long it has been in the atmosphere.  Could this be part of the solution in the management of climate change?  

We take a look at an evolving industry that seeks to remove existing quantities of Carbon Dioxide, a greenhouse gas, from our atmosphere; why an Uber accident victim is suing the company; and review the growing number of autonomous vehicle choices becoming available for the commercial trucking industry. 

Panelists Susan Su of TOBA Capital and Na'im Merchant, author of the Carbon Curve, join host Radhika Moolgavkar of Nori for this business-focused episode of Carbon Removal Newsroom. Na'im recently published a piece titled “8 Unique Direct Air Capture Companies to Watch in 2022” where he wrote, “2030 is a critical decade for DAC in which companies, researchers, and policymakers working on DAC to figure out how to do three things— 1. improve DAC's performance, 2. bring down costs, and 3. responsibly deploy the technology.” Three well-known ‘incumbents' have been working on DAC since 2009, and they all had big developments in 2021: Climeworks, Carbon Engineering, and Global Thermostat. However, the scale of the problem will require many more companies to capture billions of tons of CO2 annually, globally. There are many new entrants into the DAC space, but there is limited public information on many of them. Most of these startups are attempting novel technological approaches distinct from existing deployments. Na'im, Susan, and Radhika discuss what sets this crop of DAC companies apart from those that came before, which ones they are excited about, and how they would be planning their approach to market if they were on the inside of one of these startups. In our second segment, we dive into Bloomberg New Energy Finance's inaugural Long-Term Carbon Offset Outlook 2022, released earlier this month. The report models several supply and demand scenarios for offset prices. Main author Kyle Harrison says, “No matter the scenario, corporations and other entities looking to buy carbon offsets shouldn't expect them to be a get-out-of-jail-free card for much longer.” While the conversation begins as a breakdown of the BNEF report, it zooms out into a wider trading of philosophies about how the carbon offset market should be regulated. Na'im and Susan elucidate some of the most contentious issues surrounding carbon offsets. We end the show with some good news— fewer oil derricks in Los Angeles and a lot more cultured meat in China. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carbonremovalnewsroom/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carbonremovalnewsroom/support

Carbon offsetting as a solution to the climate crisis faces an inescapable barrier: time, or rather – the lack of it. Philippa Nuttall, environment and sustainability editor at the New Statesman leads this discussion on the role of carbon offsetting. On the panel is Rebekah Braswell, founding member and CCO of Land Life Company; Sabine Frank, executive director at Carbon Market Watch; Tariye Gbadegesin, co-chair, Voluntary Carbon Markets Initiative Steering Committee; Steve Oldham, CEO of Carbon Engineering, a carbon capture technology company; and Ariel Perez, managing partner at Vertree. Together they discuss whether carbon offsetting should have a central role in climate action; reflect on how this will work out in the long term, and share their thoughts on the action that should be taken to combat this globally.

Can a global array of CO2-sucking machines save us from the worst ravages of climate change? This episode is the first in an ESG Insider miniseries about new carbon-removal technology. This week we examine a method called Direct Air Capture, or DAC Right now, DAC is expensive and only at the nascent stages of development. But there's growing support from entrepreneurs and some large companies to deploy the approach on an industrial scale. In this episode, we interview Steve Oldham, CEO of a Canadian company called Carbon Engineering, which is building a giant carbon-sucking plant in America's oil-rich Permian Basin. Oldham explains how the technology works; why his company almost shut its doors; and why it now has the backing of Bill Gates and a host of fossil fuel companies, including Occidental, BHP and Chevron. We also talk to Daniel Egger, Chief Commercial Officer of Swiss firm Climeworks. The clean tech company recently switched on the world's largest DAC plant in Iceland. A smaller DAC plant run by Climeworks in Switzerland already sells the CO2 it extracts to greenhouses and to Coca-Cola, which uses the gas to put the fizz in its namesake drink. Our third guest is Stuart Haszeldine of the University of Edinburgh, which describes him as the world's first official professor of carbon capture and storage. Haszeldine explains how DAC technology can help remove the large volumes of CO2 that humans have pumped into the air since the Industrial Revolution. He also points out that, despite recent progress on DAC technology, most politicians and policymakers have yet to back the idea because it “seems to promise magic out of thin air.” Photo credit: Getty Images

To learn more about Suncor's carbon-reduction efforts, including how it plans to get to net-zero emissions by 2050, read its 2021 Report on Sustainability here.JP Gladu has taken his extensive experience in corporate Canada to build his own consultancy, Mokwateh. To learn more about what Mokwateh does, check out his website.Direct air capture, the technology sold by Carbon Engineering, is best explained by CEO Steve Oldham in this videotaped presentation to the U.S. Senate in 2019. Clean Energy Canada, led by Merran Smith, is regularly undertaking research to better understand the energy landscape. To read more on those efforts, check out its website.Finally, RBC Economics and Thought Leadership has recently published an in-depth report on the path to net-zero called “The $2 Trillion Transition: Canada's Road to Net Zero.” The report explores the costs and benefits of Canada's shift to a carbon-neutral economy—and how it can fuel a new generation of Canadian innovation, especially in the energy sector. To read it, visit RBC.com/netzero.

About the “Systems Failure” Series:To kick off the fall 2021 season, we're launching a mini-series of episodes built around a theme we're calling “Systems Failure.” Our conversations will focus on how the economic, technological, and other systems that play a vital role in determining how we live our lives can not only treat individuals and groups of people unequally, but can also exacerbate inequality more generally in society. We'll also talk about strategies to change those systems to make them more equitable.Episode Notes:David Keith has worked near the interface between climate science, energy technology, and public policy for twenty five years. He took first prize in Canada's national physics prize exam, won MIT's prize for excellence in experimental physics, and was one of TIME magazine's Heroes of the Environment. Best known for work on solar geoengineering, David's analytical work has ranged from the climatic impacts of large-scale wind power to an early critique of the prospects for hydrogen fuel. David is Professor of Applied Physics in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Professor of Public Policy in the Harvard Kennedy School. He spends about a third of his time in Calgary, Canada where he helps lead Carbon Engineering, a company developing technology to capture CO2 from ambient air.PolicyCast is a production of Harvard Kennedy School and is hosted by Staff Writer and Producer Ralph RanalliPolicyCast is co-produced by Susan Hughes.For more information please visit our web page or contact us at PolicyCast@hks.harvard.edu.

Direct Air Capture is a technology able to remove CO2 directly from the air for sequestration or to be used for carbon-neutral fuels. Since 2009 Carbon Engineering has been pioneering this technology and inventing new solutions to transform the carbon into carbon-neutral fuel (Air to Fuel). In this episode, Marcello interviews Amy Ruddock, VP for Europe at Carbon Engineering to unpack the role of this technology as a contributor to a CO2-balanced economy. https://carbonengineering.com/our-technology/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/resetmindset-responsible/support

This week, we're discussing whether or not carbon removal hype distracts from the need to reduce emissions and looking at the EU's ‘Fit for 55' climate proposals. Panelist Chris Barnard describes the conservative climate rally put on by the American Conservation Coalition, and panelist Dr. Holly Jean Buck explains that our media ecology often rewards climate fear and doom over climate optimism. Our panelists discuss a recent article by Matthew Yglesias, 'What is the climate left doing?' and Holly Buck explains how her sociological research leads her to agree with Yglesias's perspective in the article. Other carbon removal news discussed in this episode: Carbon transformation startup Twelve (formerly Opus 12) raised $57 million in Series A funding. Twelve is pioneering a new market category called carbon transformation with its proprietary catalyst technology that transforms CO2 into critical chemicals, materials and fuels that are conventionally made from fossil fuels. Carbon Engineering, a firm looking to commercialize nascent "direct air capture" tech, just unveiled a new retail offering for its services in partnership with the firm BeZero Carbon. A recent cover story in Grist discusses soil and forest carbon and features two of Nori's farmers, Kelly Garrett and Trey Hill. The article describes some of the complications around soil and forestry carbon offsets. If you read it and have any thoughts or questions, Tweet us @nori. The European Union unveiled ‘Fit for 55' climate legislation proposals. Plus, we debate how much power low-propensity environmental voters (LPEV) have in elections. As always, the episode is concluded with a good news story of the week. P.S., we are releasing Carbon Removal Newsroom episodes on an every-other-week cadence through the end of August. If there are topics you'd like us to cover, reach out on Twitter or at hello@nori.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carbonremovalnewsroom/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carbonremovalnewsroom/support

Many of the innovators we’ve spoken with this season are launching technologies or business models that produce less carbon than status quo approaches – leather made from mushrooms instead of cows, for example, and vehicles that run on electricity instead of fossil fuels. Other guests are finding new ways to finance those new technologies or business models. In this episode, we meet Steve Oldham, the CEO of Carbon Engineering, who is tackling climate change from a different angle – by developing a technology that captures carbon already in the air. The potential benefits of this approach are huge, but the challenges are at this point significant.

Juan & Terence discuss Elon Musk's $100M Xprize for reducing carbon emissions.

Most of our efforts to fight climate change, from electric cars to wind turbines, are about pumping fewer greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. But what if we could pull out the gases that are already there? Akshat Rathi, a reporter at Bloomberg with a doctorate in chemistry, knows more about this technology, called “direct air capture,” than just about anyone. He follows companies like Carbon Engineering and Climeworks that are trying to figure out how to take regular air and pull carbon dioxide out of it. If their plans work, they could mean a world with net negative emissions: less carbon in the sky than there is right now, and a cooler planet. But his reporting has also highlighted how elusive carbon capture can be, and how tricky it can be to make the tech work at an affordable price. Rathi and Vox’s Dylan Matthews discuss how direct air capture works, how it’s different from capturing carbon at a fossil fuel plant, and the struggles of one direct air capture company in particular.     Read more of Akshat’s work here: Inside America's Race to Scale Direct-Air Capture Technology - Bloomberg Crushed Rock Could Capture Billions of Tons of Carbon Dioxide - Bloomberg Britain Is Getting Ready to Scale Up Negative-Emissions Technology - Bloomberg Planting Trees Isn’t a Simple Climate Change Solution It Seems - Bloomberg The story behind the world’s first large direct air capture plant — Quartz (qz.com) The ultimate guide to negative-emissions technologies — Quartz (qz.com)   Host: Dylan Matthews (@DylanMatt), senior correspondent, Vox  Producer:  Sofi LaLonde (@sofilalonde)   More to explore: Subscribe to Vox’s Future Perfect newsletter, which breaks down big, complicated problems the world faces and the most efficient ways to solve them. We always want to hear from you! Please send comments and questions to futureperfect@vox.com.  Subscribe to Future Perfect on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app to automatically get new episodes of the latest season each week.   Follow Us: Vox.com   Support Future Perfect by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Business in Vancouver's Forty Under 40 awards for 2020. BIV Forty under 40 winners share their most important takeaway from a year of unprecedented disruption and challenge. The awards recognize the achievements of B.C.'s young entrepreneurs, executives and professionals with demonstrated excellence in business, judgment, leadership and community contribution. “We are very proud to honour the recipients,” said Kirk LaPointe, BIV publisher and editor-in-chief. “As it is every year, the competition was strong among a large field of nominees, which made the judging quite challenging.” The recipients include: Braam Jordaan, Convo Communications; Troy Abromaitis, Bucci Developments; Solon Bucholtz, LBC Studios; Corinne Caldwell, British Columbia Real Estate Association; Natalie Chan, Be the Change Group; Zac Cohen, Trulioo; Jon Conlin, Fasken; Joshua Davis, JL Davis Enterprises; Emile de Rosenroll, South Island Prosperity Partnership; Mitchell Demeter, Netcoins; Joe Deobald, Full Frame Marketing; Carling Dick, Earnscliffe Strategy; Ramin Estifaie, CSN Pharma; Sarah Gulbrandsen, Ring Partner; Christian Hamm, SiteMax Systems; Kevin Heyries, AbCellera; Jennifer Hollinshead, Peak Resilience; Dustin Johnson, Save-On-Foods; Matthew May, Coast 2000 Terminals; Aliya Mohamed, Translink; Joshua Myers, BC Centre for Ability; Nima Nabavi, ExcelSense Technologies; Ryan O'Shea, Miracon Development; Kathleen Reid, Switchboard; Dylan Rekert, Very Polite Agency; Jason Robertson, Nimbus Synergies; Harj Johal, Alpine Building Maintenance Anna Sainsbury, GeoComply; Reza Sanaie, Beanworks Inc.; Vahid Shababi Shad, Victory Square Technologies; Amir Sharif, CASAcraft; Kosi Stobbs, Property Owl Group of Companies; Anna Stukas, Carbon Engineering; Rogayeh Tabrizi, Theory + Practice; Christian Thomson, Marwick Marketing; Sean Tyson, Quietly Media; Chris van Dyck; Crafty Apes VFX; Kevin Westell, Pender Litigation; Cecilia Yeung, PTSD Support for Nurses; and Russell Zishiri, Anaconda Systems.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

La technologie de «capture directe de l’air» n’étant pas encore au point,  tous les moyens sont bons pour extraire le CO2 de l’atmosphère, et on en est encore à répondre à une question cruciale: une fois capturé, que faire avec le gaz? Avec Félix Pedneault  et Charles Trahan  Une production QUB radio Février 2021      Pour de l’information concernant l’utilisation de vos données personnelles - https://omnystudio.com/policies/listener/fr

With Elon Musk tweeting a reward for viable carbon capture technology, we have to wonder... is carbon capture technology something that can be made viable and profitable? Are there companies out there right now working on such a venture? Carbon Engineering, Net Power, and Sierra Energy are, just to name a few! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rock-logic/support

In the second episode of our two part series Canadian Energy and Innovation, Jonathan Hackett takes us through two case studies of companies that have found ways to innovate to directly address the problem of greenhouse gas. First he is joined by Steve Oldham, CEO of Carbon Engineering, a Canadian company that has developed a technology for Direct Air Capture of carbon dioxide. The later in the episode he speaks with Kevin Jabusch, President and CEO of Enhance Energy, about how his company uses the Alberta Carbon Trunk Line to create a business model around Carbon Mitigation and their plans for the future of this industry. Full transcript available at bmo.com/Sustainabilityleaders-podcast

Carbon Engineering's Anna Stukas, Foresight's Jeanette Jackson and Gowling's Roch Ripley join BIV Today to dissect how the challenge's facing B.C.'s cleantech ecosystem and how the pandemic is providing the sector opportunities to grow. Reporter Tyler Orton hosts Part II of a two-part discussion. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carbon Engineering's Anna Stukas, Foresight's Jeanette Jackson and Gowling's Roch Ripley join BIV Today to dissect how the challenge's facing B.C.'s cleantech ecosystem and how the pandemic is providing the sector opportunities to grow. Reporter Tyler Orton hosts Part I of a two-part discussion. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A lot has been happening in the United Kingdom with regard to carbon removal. Patricia Silva, Co-founder and Non-Executive Director of the Carbon Removal Centre, comes on the show to explain The Oxford Offsetting Principles, the UK's general climate policies and Boris Johnson's recent statements on the matter, a collaboration between Carbon Engineering and Pale Blue Dot Energy, and some news about BrewDog. Here is the piece Patricia mentions writing for CRC. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carbonremovalnewsroom/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carbonremovalnewsroom/support

Hello and we hope you enjoy this week's edition of the podcast. We really want your feedback and ideas for the show, and please tell your friends and colleagues how useful and entertaining the podcast is as we would like to have as wide an audience as possible ! If you have a new paper that you would like to discuss, or any comments or suggestions: Please contact us on twitter @reviewer2geo or @geoengineering1 (Andrew) or @clare_nomad_geo (Clare) Here are links for most of the headline items we chat about this week. International renewable energy agency. IRENA (2020), A summary of Reaching zero with renewables: Eliminating CO2 emissions from industry and transport in line with the 1.5 oC climate goal, International Renewable Energy Agency, Abu Dhabi. https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2020/Sep/IRENA_ReachingZero_Summary_2020.pdf?la=en&hash=7FD100C3C26E161D6C1217B88C1FB7E847D7F08F The hysteresis of the Antarctic Ice Sheet Nature volume 585, pages538–544(2020) Pale Blue Dot Energy and Carbon Engineering create partnership to deploy Direct Air Capture in the UK https://theacornproject.uk/2020/09/04/hydrogen-in-scotland-the-role-of-acorn-hydrogen-in-enabling-net-zero/ BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP -Think small to unlock carbon capture’s big potential https://www.bcg.com/publications/2020/unlocking-carbon-captures-potential E-FUELS IN AVIATION https://climeworkscom.cdn.prismic.io/climeworkscom/2a98e4e8-6d4d-4509-91cb-27c5374813b1_Building+a+Truly+Sustainable+Aviation+Industry+-+Accenture+Point+of+View.pdf. Accenture report MCKINSEY DOES GEOENGINEERING https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/sustainability/our-insights/driving-co2-emissions-to-zero-and-beyond-with-carbon-capture-use-and-storage# Norway funds world’s first full-scale carbon capture and storage project Michelle Lewis - Sep. 21st 2020 6:27 pm ET https://electrek.co/2020/09/21/norway-world-first-carbon-capture-storage-project/ https://twitter.com/greenSandco2 OLIVINE CARBON CAPTURE 'GREENSAND' ALSO SEE https://projectvesta.org Capturing a trillion tonnes of excess CO2 in rock using the power of natural wave energy THE OXFORD PRINCIPLES FOR NET ZERO ALIGNED CARBON OFFSETTING https://www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/publications/reports/Oxford-Offsetting-Principles-2020.pdf FOREST / RESTORATION LatamList – Pachama, a carbon-offsetting marketplace, secured an additional $5M extension to its Seed round from multiple investors to fight deforestation. The round included investors such as Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Amazon Climate Pledge Fund, Aglaé Ventures, AirAngels, and, My Climate Journey. https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/commission-under-fire-for-including-carbon-sinks-into-eu-climate-goals/ ALCOHOL https://t.co/HmUp2utZvD?amp=1 world's first carbon negative beer - Brewdog https://t.co/esUW8omn1c?amp=1 Based out of Brooklyn, Air Co. is making vodka using only air, water and renewable electricity.

Direct air capture of carbon dioxide - Is it a realistic solution?

Aerion Corporation envisages a future where humanity can travel point to point on this planet within three hours. Gene Holloway, Aerion Corporation's Chief Sustainability Officer, discusses the company's plan to develop a supersonic aircraft that will be carbon neutral through the use of engines that are 100% biofuel driven, Aerion's plan for a Zero Carbon Footprint, and an aircraft offering silent, boomless operations. Topics covered include: The regulatory hurdles that must be addressed to enable useful supersonic flight. How Aerion's approach differs from others within the supersonic space. Synthetic fuel changes that now makes them a real possibility for aviation. How Aerion's partnership with Carbon Engineering will advance synthetic fuels. Supersonic flight without leaving a carbon footprint. Preventing an aircraft's supersonic boom from reaching the ground. Aerion's timeline to bring the AS2 to the business aviation market. How the AS2's Operating Costs are likely to compare with current business aircraft. How might supersonic flight affect the aerospace industry of the future.

David St. Angelo, chief technology officer at Carbon Engineering, is BIV's CTO of the Year award winner. He sits down to discuss his decades-spanning career in cleantech as well as how Carbon Engineering's technology is set to transform the way governments and businesses tackle the environment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Oldham is Chief Executive Officer of Carbon Engineering Ltd. (CE), a Canadian-based clean energy company. CE is focused on the deployment of groundbreaking Direct Air Capture technology that captures carbon dioxide directly out of the atmosphere so it can be stored deep underground or turned into clean transportation fuels.Steve brings more than 20 years of executive experience to CE’s team, stemming from previous positions in technology, robotics, and aerospace sectors. He has played a lead role in a number of ‘Canada firsts’ in technology commercialization, including the first robot performing brain surgery, the first commercial radar satellite, robots that clean the inside of nuclear reactors, and satellites that service and repair other satellites. Steve holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and computer science from the University of Birmingham in England.This conversation comes at a time when the pandemic has hit us hard and it has grabbed everyone’s attention. Still, climate change is perhaps the most pressing challenge we must face as a species. We touched on very interesting topics, including Steve’s trajectory, his vision for the long term and how Carbon Engineering impacts positively in it, the cost of addressing climate change today, and much more!It is an honor to introduce to you, Steve Oldham. ---Website - https://carbonengineering.comTED Talk - How to pull the plug on climate change | Steve Oldham | TEDxPortlandAwesome Keynote by Steve - Turning CO2 into Fuel | Carbon Engineering CEO Steve Oldham--- Highlights --- (3:00) Steve’s trajectory.(5:15) How does Steve remind Himself that his endeavor is one that will be fruitful in the long haul?(7:35) How does Direct Air Capture work?(10:38) Once Carbon Engineering captures CO2 from the air, could we reuse it to fuel our cars or airplanes?(11:51) Could we remove too much CO2 from the atmosphere?(13:15) Putting CO2 back under the ground - - is this dangerous?(15:20) How can Carbon Engineering disrupt the world in a non-disruptive way?(17:27) What are some of the biggest challenges that Carbon Engineering is facing?(19:19) How much would it cost us to address climate change today?(23:00) How can we all become involved in this project?(25:55) Closing remarks.--- Support Us ---Thanks for tuning in for this edition of Through Conversations Podcast!If you find this episode interesting, don't miss out on new conversations and subscribe to the podcast at any podcast feed you use, and leave me a review. Also, consider sharing it with someone you think might enjoy this episode. --- Keep The Conversation Going ---Instagram:@thruconvpodcastTwitter: @ThruConvPodcastWebsite: throughconversations.com--- Credits ---Our New, Awesome Music by Joe Lyle.  More info can be found at https://joelyledrums.comHosted, Produced by Alex Levy.

Aerion plans to bring back the Golden Age of Flying, only this time, it will be done by an environmentally conscious, technology-innovative company. Tom Vice, Chairman, President and CEO of Aerion, lends his expertise in supersonic aviation to the podcast for a conversation with host Grayson Brulte on all things Aerion, plus insights into why the aviation industry stopped innovating and what the future holds.   Tom walks us through his journey into aviation, from watching every Apollo launch on a small, black and white TV to working on the B2 Bomber to the “most incredible thing” he worked on at Northrop Grumman: the James Webb Space Telescope, which Tom believes could be the tool that finds life beyond Earth. Tom recalls the lessons he’s learned along the way and how they have shaped his vision for innovation and sustainability.   Tom shares the vision for Aerion Connect, which builds out the entire travel ecosystem and experience—FBOs, travelling to-from airports, airplanes—to allow travelers to experience the joy of travelling once again. All of this aligns with Aerion’s vison to connect any two points in the world within three hours in a more compassionate and empathetic way, without spending so much time in an airplane. Essentially, get to your destination, enjoy your destination, and learn and love from it.   Next, we step into Aerion’s highly anticipated AS2 jet and hear plans for when it will start soaring through the sky. We learn about the fully customizable, highly digitized, “Whisper Quiet” cabin; how “Boomless Cruise” is a game changing supersonic technology that’s closer to commercial reality than most people think; and how the AS2 can reinvent business by cutting significant travel times.   The conversation digs deeper into the second revolutionary aspect that Aerion is perfecting: new fuels and power sources. Tom shares how customers, investors and the general public appreciate Aerion’s commitment using biofuels that are kind to our planet and are excited to see the AS2’s aerodynamically clean and efficient engine. Grayson and Tom touch upon Aerion’s partnership with Canadian-based Carbon Engineering and how they are setting Aerion’s advancements apart from the industry.   Throughout the conversation, Tom touches on Aerion 2050, the company’s strategic plan to go to hypersonic, branch into supersonics for commercial aviation, what future fuel and power sources will make this a reality, the AS3, and take us inside of Aerion Park in Melbourne, Fla., where the AS2 will be designed, built and tested.   To close out, Grayson and Tom discuss why aerospace innovation, specifically with supersonic jets, stopped in the mid-20th Century. From the difficult challenges to overcome environmental and noise concerns to the increased focus on revenue and dollars in commercial aviation, Tom discusses why aerospace, once of the birthplace of innovation, became stagnant; but offers optimism for what the future holds for the industry.   Learn more about Aerion at www.aerionsupersonic.com.   Subscribe to SAE Tomorrow Today or visit www.sae.org/podcasts to stay up to date on all the latest information from SAE. If you like what you’re hearing, please review and comment on your podcast app. Follow SAE on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram.  

In this week’s episode, senior editor Kerry Lynch gives an update on the X-59, a NASA supersonic boom X-plane demonstrator that could pave the way for supersonic flight over land, as well as a new partnership between Aerion Supersonic and Carbon Engineering to produce fuel from carbon dioxide extracted from the air; staying on the alternative fuels theme, senior editor Curt Epstein explains a new ASTM process that converts trash to biofuel; and editor-in-chief Matt Thurber discusses FlightAware’s new tie-up with Microsoft to provide live aircraft traffic for the latter company’s new Flight Simulator software that will be released next year.

Steve Oldham is the CEO of CE and brings more than 20 years of executive experience to CE’s team, stemming from previous roles in technology, robotics and aerospace sectors. Steve has held a variety of senior executive positions across Canada and the US, covering General Management, Business Development, and Strategy. Steve has also secured financing from Government and commercial sources for a variety of complex technologies, including several large satellite programs. https://carbonengineering.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQGGhtguHns https://nexuspmg.com/

The future;  an unknown frontier. A world with technology right at the limit of what’s possible.  Where science fiction meets science reality... Or wait - aren’t we there already?  At this very moment, there are teams of people working on advanced carbon capture machines. Geneticists designing enzymes that can eat plastic.  Even people developing robot minds that could solve the current climate crisis for us...  But should we? Knowing it could potentially go wrong? This episode features interviews with: Steve Oldham Steve is the CEO of Carbon Engineering a company working on the leading edge of Carbon Capture technology. He has studied robotics, computer science and aerospace engineering. I talked to Steve about how technology can help us fight climate change. Jerome Foster II Jerome is a climate activist from Washington DC and besides having been a House Congressional Intern and worked with Jane Fonda to promote climate strikes, he also happens to know a lot about AI and VR. He actually started his own VR tech company when he was in grade 9. In our talk, he explains the difference between the 2 different types of artificial intelligence. For more info and a chance to win a custom “The Big Melt” T-shirt, visit www.bigmeltpodcast.com or the shownotes for this episode. We’d love to hear from you: Get in touch and share your thoughts at thebigmeltpodcast@gmail.com

The author of the first text book on carbon capture looks at the potential for negative emissions technologies to limit global warming, and discusses the challenge to scaling solutions for positive climate impact.---Negative emissions technologies are a key part of the strategy to keep global warming within the 2 degree Celsius limit set out in the Paris Climate Agreement. In fact, its projected that we’ll need to remove dramatic quantities of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year to keep within the Paris goal. Yet today negative emissions hardly exists in any practical sense, and major barriers to growth lie ahead in the form of high costs, environmental impacts and political support.Jennifer Wilcox, professor of Chemical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and author of the very first text book on carbon capture, talks about the challenge of scaling negative emissions technologies to the point at which they can meaningfully limit carbon dioxide concentrations in Earth’s atmosphere. Along the way, she looks at how the challenge of scaling negative emissions recalls early barriers to growing the wind and solar industries, and at recent efforts to speed the deployment of negative emissions technologies including direct air capture.Jennifer Wilcox is professor of Chemical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. She is a member of committees at the National Academies of Sciences and the American Physical Society charged with assessing carbon capture methods, their costs, and their climate impacts.Related Content Exploring a Tool to Curb Climate Change: Direct Air Capture https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/blog/2020/02/19/exploring-tool-curb-climate-change-direct-air-capture What’s Behind Poland’s Opposition to EU Climate Neutrality Agreement https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/blog/2019/12/13/whats-behind-polands-opposition-eu-climate-neutrality-agreement Robust Carbon Markets: Rethinking Quantities and Prices in Carbon Pricing https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/policy-digests/robust-carbon-marketsPreparing PGW for a Low-Carbon Future https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/paper/preparing-pgw-low-carbon-futureBetting on Climate Solutions https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/paper/betting-climate-solutionsA Hard Look at Negative Emissions (Podcast) https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/energy-policy-now/hard-look-negative-emissions

Today’s guest is David Keith, Professor at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Kennedy School, and Founder of Carbon Engineering.David has worked near the interface between climate science, energy technology, and public policy for twenty-five years. He took first prize in Canada's national physics prize exam, won MIT's prize for excellence in experimental physics, and was one of TIME magazine's Heroes of the Environment. David is Professor of Applied Physics at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, and founder of Carbon Engineering, a company developing technology to capture CO2 from ambient air to make carbon-neutral hydrocarbon fuels. Best known for his work on the science, technology, and public policy of solar geoengineering, David led the development of Harvard’s Solar Geoengineering Research Program, a Harvard-wide interfaculty research initiative. His work has ranged from the climatic impacts of large-scale wind power to an early critique of the prospects for hydrogen fuel. David’s hardware engineering projects include the first interferometer for atoms, a high-accuracy infrared spectrometer for NASA's ER-2, and currently, the development of pilot plants for Carbon Engineering and the development of a stratospheric propelled balloon experiment for solar geoengineering. David teaches courses on Science and Technology Policy and on Energy and Environmental Systems where he has reached students worldwide with an online edX course. He has writing for the public with A Case for Climate Engineeringfrom MIT Press. Based in Cambridge, David spends about a third of his time in Canmore, Alberta.In today’s episode, we cover:Overview of solar geoengineeringHow concentrated an area can it be deployed inSteps that go into testing it'History of solar geoengineeringPotential risks of deployment and potential risks of not doing the testingPotential for unintended consequencesHow hard it is to deployHow much research is needed (and for what) and how much it will costBridge versus longterm solutionWhere it fits into overall climate solutions portfolioWhat fossil fuel companies think of solar geoengineeringDavid’s advice for others looking to help facilitate research in this area and/or learn more about itLinks to topics discussed in this episode:David Keith: https://keith.seas.harvard.edu/people/david-keithGeoengineering: https://geoengineering.environment.harvard.edu/geoengineeringThe Planet Remade: https://www.amazon.com/Planet-Remade-Geoengineering-Could-Change-ebook/dp/B011PWUT8YCarnegie Climate Governance Initiative: https://www.c2g2.net/Vaclav Smil: http://vaclavsmil.com/Holly Buck: https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/person/holly-buck/Additional Reading:David Keith, “Let’s Talk About Geoengineering,” Project Syndicate, March 21, 2019.David Keith, “Toward a Responsible Solar Geoengineering Research Program,” Issues in Science and Technology, Spring 2017.James Temple, “What is Geoengineering—And Why Should You Care?” MIT Technology Review, August 9, 2019.Lizzie Burns, David Keith, Peter Irvine, and Joshua Horton, “Belfer Technology Factsheet Series: Solar Geoengineering,” Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Technology and Public Purpose Project, June 2019.Jon Gertner, “Is It O.K. to Tinker With the Environment to Fight Climate Change?,” The New York Times Magazine, April 18, 2017.You can find me on twitter @jjacobs22 or @mcjpod and email at info@myclimatejourney.co, where I encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.Enjoy the show!

Youngme, Felix, and Mihir discuss some of the under-the-radar companies that they think people should be paying more attention to.

Technology to draw existing carbon out of the atmosphere to combat climate change may seem far off, but a project that would capture a million tons of carbon a year is scheduled to open in Texas in 2022. Carbon Engineering and Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum, announced the project earlier this year. Brian Crabtree, vice president of carbon management at the Great Plains Institute, an energy-focused nonprofit, said several models for reaching the United Nations climate goals rely on direct carbon capture, as well as carbon capture technology for power, steel and other industrial plants. “To the extent that we want steel and cement in the modern world, we have to be capturing the CO2 from those processes,” Crabtree told MPR chief meteorologist and Climate Cast host Paul Huttner. “In steel production, over half of the emissions are a result of the chemistry of the steel production process. The same is true with manufacturing Portland cement.”

Most of us are aware that we're in the midst of an energy and environmental crisis, two problems for which a number of efforts are being deployed in an attempt to find a solution. For example, solar panels are commonplace, and various efforts are being made to capture CO2 from the atmosphere in order to limit its detrimental effects on the environment and human health. Neither of these efforts, however, are able to meet the high-energy needs of heavy transportation such as airplanes and other freight modes, as well as some industrial equipment. So, what do we need to do? According to David Keith, chief scientist and founder of Carbon Engineering, we need a method for taking carbon free energy from solar power and turning it into fuel which is transportable, storable, has a high energy density, and can be compatible with existing infrastructure. This is exactly what he's working on, and he's accomplishing it by taking solar power and combining it with CO2 from the atmosphere. It is from this method that the synthesis of fuels that are chemically the same as existing fuels such as gasoline, diesel, and kerosene is made possible, and it's all being done cleanly, without exploiting fossil fuels. Tune in to hear Keith explain the ins and outs of what his company is establishing, and the promise it may hold for the future. Learn more by visiting carbonengineering.com

Today’s guest is Steve Oldham, CEO of Carbon Engineering. Founded in 2009, CE is a Canadian-based clean energy company leading the commercialization of groundbreaking technology that captures CO₂ directly from the atmosphere, and a second technology that synthesizes it into clean, affordable transportation fuels. From a pilot plant in Squamish, B.C., CE has been removing CO₂ from the atmosphere since 2015 and converting it into fuels since 2017. Steve brings more than 20 years of executive experience to CE’s team, stemming from previous roles in technology, robotics, and aerospace sectors. Steve served as Senior Vice President, Strategic Business Development for MDA, a leading Canadian technology firm. At MDA, Steve held a variety of senior executive positions across Canada and the US, covering General Management, Business Development, and Strategy. He has secured financing from Government and commercial sources for a variety of complex technologies, including several large satellite programs. Steve holds a bachelor of science degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Birmingham in England. In today’s episode, we cover: Overview of direct air capture and how it works Progress to date, long vision, and what is coming next Cost drivers, and go to market strategy Discussion about carbon math and why carbon removal is so important Discussion on 45Q tax credits, LCFS credits, what they are and why they matter Discussion around price on carbon, whether it is essential, and why it may make sense to distinguish legacy carbon removal from removal at point of emission and also why incentives may make sense based on carbon intensity Discussion about enhanced oil recovery vs pure CO2 removal services, and Carbon Engineerings short and longterm plans Discussion around historic role of big hydrocarbon companies, role going forward, and how important they are to the equation Discussion around CE and how they are working with some of the big hydrocarbon companies, and the nature of those relationships CE’s licensing model, profile of partners to take into other parts of the world What policy initiatives Steve finds to be most impactful Steve’s advice for others trying to find their lane in the climate fight Links to topics discussed in this episode: Carbon Engineering: https://carbonengineering.com/ Chevron: https://www.chevron.com/ Occidental Petroleum: https://www.oxy.com/aboutOccidental/Pages/default.aspx BHP: https://www.bhp.com/ Jim McDermott: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesacmcdermott/ Direct air capture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_air_capture 45Q: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:26%20section:45Q%20edition:prelim) California Low Carbon Fuel Standard: https://ww3.arb.ca.gov/fuels/lcfs/lcfs.htm You can find me on twitter @jjacobs22 or @mcjpod and email at info@myclimatejourney.co, where I encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests. Enjoy the show!

Carbon Engineering (https://carbonengineering.com/) captures carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere and turns it into fuel. CEO Steve Oldham joined ClimateBiz to discuss how carbon capture has a big role to play in the ambitious targets laid out by the Paris Agreement.

The Guys Like Us Podcast is joined with Daniel Friedmann who is the Chairman of the Board of Carbon Engineering and the author of numerous books. Daniel is a gifted engineer who has ventured into the sphere of science and faith. In this episode we discuss current scientific methods and their alignment with the Bible. However, there are some places of discontinuity between the Bible and science, and there are good reasons to explain it. Daniel’s latest book is called “The Biblical Clock: The Untold Secrets Linking the Universe and Humanity with God’s Plan” and can be found at https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07P93D46V.

Danyal Mirbabaei joins the 714! A great friend of mine for many years joined me this week to discuss Carbon Engineering's clean energy plan, how electric cars and AI are going to change the world, and the good and bad stock market trades he has made. We go over it all in this episode, hope you enjoy!SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER:https://714podcast.comFOLLOW US:Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/714podcast/Twitter | https://twitter.com/714podcastFacebook | https://www.facebook.com/714podcast/Podcast Website | https://714podcast.comFOLLOW DANYAL:https://www.instagram.com/___mbbe___/?hl=enMUSIC:Intro: Song: Drugs (Instrumental) Artist: AllttAOutro: Good Man InstrumentalHOST:Shyam Ronvelia| https://www.instagram.com/shyamronvelia/| https://twitter.com/shyamronvelia| https://www.facebook.com/shyamronvelia

How to tackle climate change can be a tense conversation in Canada given the importance of the oil and gas industry to the economy. But the oilpatch is one of the biggest spenders on clean tech in Canada and the country is a leader in the development of carbon capture technology. Steve Oldham, CEO of Carbon Engineering Inc., explains how carbon capture works and how it offers hope for climate change on Episode 14 of Down to Business.

How to tackle climate change can be a tense conversation in Canada given the importance of the oil and gas industry to the economy. But the oilpatch is one of the biggest spenders on clean tech in Canada and the country is a leader in the development of carbon capture technology. Steve Oldham, CEO of Carbon Engineering Inc., explains how carbon capture works and how it offers hope for climate change on Episode 14 of Down to Business.

Carbon dioxide removal does already exist, but only at the tiniest of scales. But what could a future where we're successfully capturing billions of tons of carbon dioxide from the air each year, actually look like? Where would all the CO2 be stored? What might the carbon capture machines look like? And how are we going to get this whole carbon capturing business off the ground? We explore these and other questions in this 3rd episode in our series looking at Carbon Dioxide Removal. (Pictured: an artist's illustration from the Canadian company Carbon Engineering depicting what a future carbon capture installation might look like)

Oggi Daniele Federico vi parlerà del dibattito sull’energia nucleare e di come sia condizionato dal cambiamento climatico, le attiviste di Birthstrike, Carbon Engineering e il sequestro di CO2, Ryanair che inquina come una centrale a carbone, Burger King lancia l’Impossible Whopper e il progetto della Great Green Wall in Africa.

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/  

In the first segment, we discuss just how much heat the oceans have absorbed, and climate change’s impact on tropical ecosystems. Then we talk about parenting in the 21st century, huge clumps of fat and Trans Mountain. We end with a conversation about Carbon Engineering and its potential to save us all (or not).

In episode two of HiveMinds with Amanda Joy Ravenhill, Executive Director of the Buckminster Fuller Institute, we discuss recent climate change predictions, solutions and strategies for our collective evolution, the legacy and insights of Buckminster Fuller, and how we can create a better future for all of life. Show notes: Segment 1: Climate Change - The New IPCC Report that predicts doom by 2030 and requiring global action within the next 3-5 years - Carbon Engineering possibilities - Putting more iron filings into the ocean to create more algae blooms undersea and the potential indirect effects - Putting sulphur dioxide into the air - Physical radiation blockers including putting mirrors into orbit and reflecting more sun and the issue with space debris - Carbon Sequestration - Biochar - Reforestation via drones - The refugee crisis - How climate change will affect the tropics - Amanda’s work with The Drawdown Project Segment 2: Buckminster Fuller - How to make the world work for 100% of humanity, in the shortest possible time, through spontaneous cooperation without ecological offense or disadvantage of anyone. - The annual Buckminster Fuller Challenge for $100k - The Dymaxion Design Principles of being inspired by nature - The Geometry of Nature - Living in domes - Intentional communities and ecovillages with domes on them - Tensegrity = The concept of tension and integrity - Carbon 60 and the Buckminsterfullerene Segment 3: Creating a World That Works for Everyone - UN Prediction of 10B population by 2050 - The Importance of Access to Contraception for women in the developing world - Amanda’s dream for the world we create the world she imagines Q&A - Carbon Engineering - Efforts to prepare for living in a post-climate change world - The Center for the Force Majeur in UC Santa Cruz 500 year studies on the Tibetan Plateau (near China, India, Pakistan with so much ice) and ensuring that as it melts, humans can still live in the area. Their proposed solution = a massive reforestation effort over 100 years. - The Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth book in 1968 - The story from this book of humanity as a baby chick emerging from a world of fossil fuels and into regeneration

Amanda asks David Keith, Gordon Mckay Professor of Applied Physics, what the science behind ‘Carbon Engineering’ really is?

BIV’s Tyler Orton is joined by Patrick Blennerhassett to discuss what they learned from the Globe Forum, an annual event that brings together the private and public sector to accelerate the shift to the clean economy. Later, Tyler is joined by Carbon Engineering’s Geoff Holmes to discuss how carbon-capture technology is turning pollution into something useful and reusable See more of Tyler's and Patrick's reporting at www.biv.com

The main arguments against geo-engineering (direct climate intervention) to stop global warming are: 1) It would be a massive, irreversible, risky bet; 2) everyone has to agree to it, which they won’t; 3) the unexpected side effects might be horrific; 4) once committed to, it could never be stopped. What if none of those need be true? Harvard climate expert David Keith has a practical proposal for an incremental, low-cost, easily reversible program of research and eventual deployment that builds on local research and is designed from the beginning for eventual shutdown. All it attempts is to reduce the rate of global warming to a manageable pace while the permanent solutions for excess greenhouse gases are worked out. Global rainfall would not be affected. The system is based on transparency and patience—each stage building adaptively only on the proven success of prior stages, deployed only as needed, and then phased out the same way. One of Time magazine’s “Heroes for the Environment,“ David Keith is a Professor of Applied Physics in Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Professor of Public Policy in the Harvard Kennedy School. He is also executive chairman of the Calgary-based company, Carbon Engineering, which is developing air capture of carbon dioxide.

From The Conversation's inception, geoengineering—the deliberate manipulation of the climate through technology—has been high on my list of subjects to include in the series. To address the issue, I spoke with David Keith, a Harvard professor with a joint appointment in Applied Physics and Public Policy. David has spent the better part of two decades researching climate science and geoengineering, was named a Hero of the Environment by TIME in 2009, and is also the President of Carbon Engineering, a startup dedicated to reducing atmospheric CO2. He is also publicly visible, having testified before the US Congress, spoken at TED, and appeared on numerous television and radio programs in an effort to spark a broader conversation about geoengineering. During these appearances, David steps refreshingly beyond science and into the thorny moral and philosophical questions raised by geoengineering—and that is exactly why I invited him to join The Conversation. David's conversation starts with a tiny parcel of information about geoengineering but, within minutes, we're into questions of value. If you've been listening to The Conversation for a while this will feel like we skipped over the usual foundation of information I try to build at the beginning of each episode, so you may actually want to skim the Wikipedia link up top. That out of the way, we return to the anthropocentrism/biocentrism theme that characterized many earlier episodes from John Zerzan to Robert Zubrin. Echoing Carolyn Raffensperger, utilitarian philosophy finds itself in the line of fire again as David argues that utilitarianism is insufficient to justify meaningful environmental preservation. At one point, Wes Jackson (explicitly) and Douglas Rushkoff (implicitly) come up in conversation as we discuss what is knowable and, conflating Jackson and Zerzan, David smacks down Zerzan's neoprimitivism. This list could stretch for pages, but let's conclude here with a connection between David and John Fife, both of whom see the obsolescence of the nation state, though for very different reasons. Artwork by Eleanor Davis.

From The Conversation's inception, geoengineering—the deliberate manipulation of the climate through technology—has been high on my list of subjects to include in the series. To address the issue, I spoke with David Keith, a Harvard professor with a joint appointment in Applied Physics and Public Policy. David has spent the better part of two decades researching climate science and geoengineering, was named a Hero of the Environment by TIME in 2009, and is also the President of Carbon Engineering, a startup dedicated to reducing atmospheric CO2. He is also publicly visible, having testified before the US Congress, spoken at TED, and appeared on numerous television and radio programs in an effort to spark a broader conversation about geoengineering. During these appearances, David steps refreshingly beyond science and into the thorny moral and philosophical questions raised by geoengineering—and that is exactly why I invited him to join The Conversation. David's conversation starts with a tiny parcel of information about geoengineering but, within minutes, we're into questions of value. If you've been listening to The Conversation for a while this will feel like we skipped over the usual foundation of information I try to build at the beginning of each episode, so you may actually want to skim the Wikipedia link up top. That out of the way, we return to the anthropocentrism/biocentrism theme that characterized many earlier episodes from John Zerzan to Robert Zubrin. Echoing Carolyn Raffensperger, utilitarian philosophy finds itself in the line of fire again as David argues that utilitarianism is insufficient to justify meaningful environmental preservation. At one point, Wes Jackson (explicitly) and Douglas Rushkoff (implicitly) come up in conversation as we discuss what is knowable and, conflating Jackson and Zerzan, David smacks down Zerzan's neoprimitivism. This list could stretch for pages, but let's conclude here with a connection between David and John Fife, both of whom see the obsolescence of the nation state, though for very different reasons. Artwork by Eleanor Davis.