This bill marks a historic boost for RD&D. — Earlier this month, President Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law, allocating significant funding towards carbon removal innovation. Included in the bill is an unprecedented $1 billion investment in carbon removal research, development, and demonstration at the Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management. The…

It’s a big federal (climate) deal — Update: We couldn’t be more thrilled that 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 climate deal in history. The revived…

Coordinating across agencies and the aisle is key to carbon removal’s success — by Giana Amador, policy director and co-founder 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 Carbon Management. An expansion and reimagination of a…

The notice of intent is a preliminary first step, with further details coming. by Courtni Holness, policy advisor and Rory Jacobson, deputy director of policy Last November, Congress shook up the carbon removal field with an unprecedented investment — $3.5 billion to establish the Regional Direct Air Capture Hubs (DAC…

Policy experts and business leaders joined forces to explore what will make a successful DAC hub — On Wednesday, May 11th, Carbon180 hosted a webinar following the publication of our white paper Setting DAC on Track: Strategies for Hub Implementation, which details four categories of recommendations for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) landmark Regional Direct Air Capture (DAC) Hubs program. To successfully deploy four DAC hubs, Setting…

How to implement $3.5B in hub funding — 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 through the Regional Direct Air Capture Hubs program (DAC Hubs program)…

A note from Carbon180 co-founder Noah Deich — by Noah Deich, co-founder and president I co-founded Carbon180 seven years ago when carbon removal was a little-known climate solution buried deep in an IPCC report — in fact, many people thought I was working on “carbon renewal.” Today, milestones and achievements for the field stack up nearly every week…

Forging a path for community-centered funding — by Alayna Chuney, senior policy advisor and Ugbaad Kosar, deputy director of policy 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 chart our…

How more than $1 billion was allocated — by Vanessa Suarez, senior policy advisor Federal funding for carbon removal has skyrocketed over the past few months, crossing a historic threshold — more than $1 billion within a single fiscal year — thanks to the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act (IIJA) and FY22 omnibus. These timely investments preceded the…