Authors Giana Amador

A Carbon180 cofounder peeks around the corner — again

Eight years ago, Carbon180’s first order of business as an organization somewhere between an idea and a startup was to conduct 600 conversations with folks all across the climate field. Noah Deich, my cofounder, and I learned a lot…

Giana Amador

The IRA funding that’s boosting carbon removal

Update: As of August 16th, the Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law. Read more for our breakdown on the impact that the IRA will have on carbon removal. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is the biggest federal…

Giana Amador

The REMOVE Act can optimize federal efforts on carbon removal

Last week, Reps. Annie Kuster (D-NH) and Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH) introduced the REMOVE Act, a bipartisan bill that aims to coordinate federal efforts on carbon removal with the creation of an expert Committee on Large-Scale…

Giana Amador

The Growing Climate Solutions Act throws down the gauntlet for science-based research

As extreme temperatures and severe drought bombard farmers across the US, S.1251, the Growing Climate Solutions Act, passed last week in the Senate. With a vote of 92–8, the bill represents rare bipartisan alignment on climate…

Giana Amador

The FY22 President’s budget, as told by Carbon180

Our team has been busy parsing through the pages of the FY22 budget and justifications, identifying funding for carbon removal across federal agencies. From here, Congress will choose how to fulfill this budget through the appropriations process. The budget…

Giana Amador

President Biden calls on Congress to fund carbon removal in new budget

Last Friday, the Biden administration released their high-level budget request to Congress, which details the administration’s high-level priorities for the upcoming fiscal year. Unsurprisingly, they went big on climate, requesting $8 billion at DOE for climate…

Giana Amador