Authors Sasha Stashwick

With a new funding opportunity, DOE is offering $100M to CDR pilot projects

Last week, the Department of Energy (DOE) took another step towards realizing its ambitious Carbon Negative Shot initiative, the coordinated federal effort that aims to bring carbon removal solutions to gigaton scale. In support of innovation needed across the…

Sasha Stashwick and Kajsa Hendrickson

On the road to net negative, carbon removal can help speed decarbonization

Today, there is widespread agreement that we must not only immediately and aggressively decarbonize across the economy but build an accompanying carbon removal (CDR) sector to draw down CO2 from the atmosphere. Carbon removal will need to be a…

Anu Khan and Sasha Stashwick

The CDR R&D Act of 2023 will funnel $12 billion towards RD&D for carbon removal

“Federal investment in research, development and demonstration of emerging technologies is essential to support innovation and ultimately deliver a full portfolio of high-quality carbon removal solutions that can scale. This bill is a foundational building…

Sasha Stashwick

DOE advances three new efforts under the Carbon Negative Shot

The federal government sent us all into this weekend with big news about the Carbon Negative Shot, the Department of Energy’s (DOE) initiative aiming to bring carbon removal solutions to gigaton scale. The agency announced the …

Sasha Stashwick

Now is the time to lean in on federal procurement of carbon removal

Climate advocates like myself are clearer than ever that while aggressive action to slash pollution is our priority, we must complement it with programs to remove legacy carbon from the atmosphere. Over the past few years, we’ve witnessed the…

Sasha Stashwick