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🪨 To figure out how, we at the CDR Policy Scoop spoke to Maureen Walsh , Executive Director of the US Biochar Coalition (USBC) . 💡 Tune into our latest episode to find out how biochar has managed to navigate this administration, what bills are currently in the pipeline, what other CDR approaches can learn from this, and so much more. 🎧 Listen here: https://lnkd.in/eThC8SCp ▶️ Watch on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/eD7s7SBd 💚 This was a bit of a homecoming for me. I was one

🐻 Since 2021, Senator Becker has been pushing CDR one bill at a time in California. 💚 At the CDR Policy Scoop , we had the honour of hosting him for a fascinating conversation. 🎧 Listen here: https://lnkd.in/dbfPQgKH ▶️ Watch on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/dyMCsC79 Enjoy!

🏛️ Today is one of those days where it is hard to find the motivation to keep going: the Trump Administration - expectedly - moved to eliminate the EPA’s 2009 "Endangerment Finding” which de facto created the legal basis for a lot of climate policy in the U.S. 🪓 Under the guise of “deregulation”, this is the largest and likely most impactful attack on climate science by this U.S. administration to date. ❌ The EPA will no longer be able to effectively regulate the six major

🇺🇸 I was shocked when I learnt this. My understanding was that the Department of Energy had gutted its CDR team and put everything on hold. 💵 Yet here were $45m for its purchase programme and $71.5m for R&D across CDR pathways. 🤯 Honestly, a humble European cannot aspire to understand what this all means these days. 👩‍🏫 If someone can, however, it is Professor Jennifer Wilcox , who headed up the Carbon Management Department at the DoE from 2021-2024. 💚 Really thrille

🇺🇲 He has been pioneering CDR before it was cool. And if anywhere is going to scale carbon removal in the U.S., my bet is still on California. ✅ If it were a country, t would be the 4th largest economy in the world. ✅ It has a 2045 net-zero target. ✅ And crucially, it has actually quantified the need: 75 Mt of removals by 2045. 🏛️ Sure, last year’s veto by governor Newsom of the $50M state procurement program hurt. But behind the scenes, something more structural (and argu

🏛️ Just a few weeks ago, I published an article on “How Biochar can Help Prevent Wildfires”, with some clear recommendations for the...

🇺🇸 It looks like the 45Q tax credit, which has been central to the scale up of the CDR industry in the U.S., particularly DACCS, is...

🤯 Here is a mind-blowing stat: 3.9 million square kilometers - a surface larger than India - burnt in the 2023/24 wildfire season...

😱 Who would have thought that the U.S. could become the first country to incorporate carbon removals into a carbon border adjustment...

🇺🇸 Given the uncertainty at the federal level, it is time to refocus on U.S. states, many of which hold vast potential for CDR. Today:...

🌲 In January, the bipartisan Fix Our Forests Act (H.R.471) was introduced by Representative Bruce Westerman into the new Congress. The...

Yesterday’s post about current developments in the U.S. Department of Energy added the wrong kind of fuel to the fire. I stated that it...

🇺🇸 No government department in the world has done more for the growth of the carbon removal industry than the U.S. DoE. Unfortunately,...

😡 Over the last few days, the US Department of Energy (DoE) has fallen victim to Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government of...

🤯 Did you know that the ocean covers 70% of the Earth and serves as its largest carbon sink, holding 42 times the carbon in the...

✒️ Through an executive order, the Trump administration has announced a freeze on $300 billion allocated under two key legislative...

🤔 On Monday, Donald Trump will start his four year term as the 47th president of the United States. Time for a CDR Policy Scoop to make...

📊 Ever since CDRjobs started tracking the job market six months ago, we’ve found that over 35% of all global CDR jobs (620 roles) and...

🇺🇸 Yesterday, the Carbon Dioxide Removal Investment Act (hashtag#CDRIA) was introduced to the U.S. Senate by Senator Michael Bennet...

😧 Let’s face it: a Trump presidency creates a lot of uncertainty about what the next four years will mean for the world, for climate,...