• Conversations in GGR Susan Dorward (#02) - 06192023
    Jul 12 2023

    We thought you might like some of these links ready to help you research the many things discussed:

    https://www.raritanval.edu/general-information/newsroom/national-group-ranks-rvcc-%231-two-year-college-sustainability-efforts

    Columbia University Carbon Management - MA Carbon Management https://www.eee.columbia.edu/master/carbon-management 

    Klaus Lackner; ASU - https://search.asu.edu/profile/2483273 Columbia University- https://sps.columbia.edu/faculty/klaus-s-lackner 

    • Klaus Lackner’s Mechanical Tree- https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2022/04/22/asu-researcher-builds-mechanical-tree-capture-carbon-dioxide/7398671001/ 

    • Carbon Dioxide Disposal in Carbonate Minerals- (1995 not 1991 report) http://home.dgeo.uevora.pt/~cribeiro/CO2Seq/Lackner%20et%20al%201995%20-%20CO2%20disposal%20in%20Carbonates.pdf 

    • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/036054429500071N 

    Peter Kelemen - https://lamont.columbia.edu/directory/peter-b-kelemen 

    World Resources Institute: https://www.wri.org/insights/carbon-mineralization-carbon-removal 

    Why do we need CDR? https://www.ciphernews.com/why-we-need-to-remove-carbon-from-the-air 

    • Jason Grillo- Air Miners https://airminers.org/ 

    • Chris Neidl - Open Air Collective https://openaircollective.cc/ / NRDC- https://www.nrdc.org/ 

    Legislation discussed:

    • https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S8171 

    • https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S542 

    • https://legiscan.com/NJ/bill/S287/2022 

    • https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7434

    • https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1576?s=1&r=18  

    Videos: 

    • Terri’s Shorts - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2eO8zQV4OladUEgJI8UFAyXXrb9AltqR 

    • Terri’s website - https://www.worldora.org/ 

    • Philip’s Carbon Market News - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2eO8zQV4OlYd16A-G78qSpVrPUTP5kDr 

    https://www.whitehouse.gov/cleanenergy/inflation-reduction-act-guidebook/ IRA - Inflation Reduction Act

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/14/opinion/climate-change-trees-global-warming.html Opinion piece on planting a million trees

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  • Conversations in GGR Sebastian Manhart of Carbonfuture (#01)-05182023
    May 25 2023

    In this episode, we're talking to Sebastian Manhart, Senior Policy Advisor at Carbonfuture. We'll be discussing the Carbon Unbound NYC 2023 conference.

    Sebastian is a serial tech entrepreneur and policy expert. He spent a decade in startups, including as Chief Operating Officer of the world´s only nonprofit biometrics company (Simprints). He has a realistic perspective on the direction of Greenhouse Gas Removal. Listen in to hear his perspective on the future of CDR.

    WorldOra’s Podcast- Sebastian Manhart Notes and Links- 05182023

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

    Twitter: @sebmanhart

    https://www.carbonfuture.earth/magazine/exclusive-analysis-carbon-dioxide-removal-policy-across-all-50-us-states

    durability of several centuries- excludes a lot of nature based solutions

    • 4 basic removal systems: Biochar, Enhanced Rock Weathering, DAC, BECCS

    • Verified. We act as a broker. Build MRV. 25% of high quality with third party standards. Accelerator action as well

    MRV- Monitoring Reporting and Verification of CO2 removal

    • Helps to verify and protect business by proving through a third party the importance of the credits and CDR

    Washington State budget $32 million set aside for CDR from CCA-The ⁠⁠⁠⁠Open Air Collective⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Chris Neidl and Matt Battles), ⁠PacCLEAN⁠⁠- Pacific Coast Legacy Emissions Action Network (Mike Robinson), ⁠⁠⁠AirMiners⁠⁠⁠ (Jason Grillo), ⁠⁠⁠Spark Climate ⁠⁠⁠(Daphne Wysham), and the Foundation for Climate Restoration (with me, Terri Pugh) - money acquired from the WA state Climate Commitment Act. Thanks to the political leaders in WA state: ⁠Senator Matt Boehnke⁠, ⁠Senator Mark Mullet⁠ and ⁠Representative Joe Fitzgibbon⁠ A TRUE HERO too; WA Lobbyist: ⁠KATE WHITE TUDOR 

    Klaus Lackner- “the father of CDR” Klaus S. Lackner

    Sebastian’s maturity scale: Voluntary markets are easiest to get off the ground, 1 million- Move into government procurement 10’s of billions and will be more predictable for decades -Compliance markets will have to offset residual emissions, 100’s of billions might help us reach the levels we are going to need.

    Paul Tonko’s FCDRLA- Federal Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act

    Sebastian -

    • Global south often has conditions that favor CO@ removal but funding will likely stay in the north

    Terri- Duncan Kariuki- Octavia

    Open Air Collective - (A highly recommend joining the team here!)

    Help support Marius Iragi Ziganira’s small scale Biochar kiln project, contact the string together project of the Nakivale Refugee Camp- Umoja Foundation, here's the website: https://www.phoenixfunctions.com.au/ucf_home.html, https://gofund.me/6591fa8a, https://gofund.me/8e5955ce 

    • Concrete is a big emitter and can be forced to comply more easily through policy 

    The Farm Bill and support regenerative agriculture 

    Industry- compliance; must decarbonize


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