Authors Ugbaad Kosar

With Project Cypress, community benefits plans begin to take shape

As a $3.5 billion federal program that could set the foundation for the direct air capture (DAC) industry at large, the DAC Hubs program has had many eyes on it from day one. The pressure to execute swiftly so…

Nasya Dodson, JD and Ugbaad Kosar

Our new environmental justice team

Change seems to be one of the only constants in carbon removal, but throughout it all, our efforts at Carbon180 have remained in service of the same vision — one where legacy emissions are removed and we can all…

Ugbaad Kosar

Direct air capture should be more than a necessary climate solution

Assuming you’ve been paying attention to the carbon removal space, you know that direct air capture (DAC) has been getting a fair amount of attention as a way to help remove legacy emissions from our atmosphere. Thanks in part…

Ugbaad Kosar

Funding for environmental justice organizations is essential for carbon removal

Since the announcement of our Environmental Justice Initiative in 2020, we published a landmark report on equity and justice in carbon removal and have been working closely with EJ advocates and our advisory council to…

Alayna Chuney, Esq. and Ugbaad Kosar

Spotting carbon removal in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Much negotiation over the last several months has culminated in the bipartisan infrastructure deal, signed into law as H.R.3684, the Infrastructure and Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The $1.2 trillion deal includes $550 billion in…

Ugbaad Kosar