Team C180

10 highlights from a monumental year for carbon removal

For carbon dioxide removal (CDR) advocates, 2023 was a year of exciting milestones as well as shared challenges. As carbon removal moves increasingly mainstream and enjoys significant federal and private sector investment, government, innovators, and nonprofits are…

Ready, Set, DAC

In late 2021, Congress made a down payment on early direct air capture (DAC) projects with the passage of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which provided $3.5 billion in funding over five years to build DAC facilities…

The case for federal procurement of carbon removal

There is unprecedented action on carbon removal in the US today. The bipartisan infrastructure deal of 2021 included billions of dollars for direct air capture (DAC) and forestry. The Biden Administration has reoriented existing agency efforts around carbon removal,…