Direct air capture (DAC) is one of many carbon management technologies that can provide opportunities for the US to reduce its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to meet midcentury climate goals while providing environmental and economic benefits to local communities. Continue reading »
Statement on Matt Fry’s Appointment to White House Council on Environmental Quality CCUS Task Force
March 24, 2023 in Carbon Management, News & Press Author: Darren Goode
The Great Plains Institute released the following statement from Patrice Lahlum, interim vice president of Carbon Management, in response to the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) announcement that Matt Fry, senior policy manager of Carbon Management, will serve on the new Carbon Dioxide Capture, Utilization and Sequestration Federal Lands and Outer Continental Shelf Permitting Task Force:
“Matt is a perfect fit for the important work this task force will undertake to ensure the efficient and responsible permitting processes needed to further deploy carbon management projects and technologies on our federal lands and in the offshore environment. Continue reading »
New Atlas Identifies Top US Regions For Direct Air Capture Deployment
March 1, 2023 in Carbon Management, News & Press, Reports & Whitepapers Author: Darren Goode
First-of-its-kind analysis examines factors impacting regional suitability for DAC hubs
MARCH 1, 2023, MINNEAPOLIS — A first-of-its-kind atlas identifies seven regions in the United States offering the best array of characteristics to house a direct air capture (DAC) hub. Continue reading »
Get Involved in GPI’s Newly Launched Carbon Action Alliance
February 23, 2023 in Carbon Management Authors: Bridget Callaghan, Emma Thomley
The growing interest in carbon management—carbon capture, removal, use, transport, and storage—among industry, labor, communities, and the federal government means we have new opportunities to take action on economywide decarbonization—and there’s no time to wait. The Great Plains Institute’s carbon management team launched the Carbon Action Alliance (Action Alliance) in late 2022 to meet this moment of opportunity and urgency. Continue reading »
Carbon Dioxide Transport 101
February 14, 2023 in Carbon Management, Reports & Whitepapers Author: Emma Thomley
As companies across the United States (US) start using carbon capture or direct air capture to reduce the nation’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, we need to plan how we’re going to transport the CO2 to sites for secure geologic storage or utilization. While the US has over 5,000 miles of CO2 pipelines already, we’ll need to expand this infrastructure to use or store captured CO2 and meet our midcentury climate goals. Continue reading »
Statement: GPI Welcomes Jessie Stolark as the Carbon Capture Coalition’s First Executive Director
January 30, 2023 in Carbon Management, News & Press Author: Darren Goode
MINNEAPOLIS—The Great Plains Institute released the following statement by President and CEO Rolf Nordstrom on the Carbon Capture Coalition’s announcement of Jessie Stolark as its new executive director (GPI convenes the Coalition):
“We are thrilled and grateful to welcome Jessie Stolark as the Carbon Capture Coalition’s first executive director. Continue reading »
GPI’s Top Ten Stories of 2022
December 30, 2022 in Carbon Management, Communities, Energy Systems, Renewable Energy, Transportation & Fuels Author: Jennifer Christensen
Find out what made our list of most-read stories in 2022, which includes posts we’ve published over the last year and a half. Continue reading »
New National Academies Report: Industry, Government Must Move on Carbon Utilization Now
December 1, 2022 in Carbon Management, Reports & Whitepapers Author: Darren Goode
Industry and government must take steps now toward deploying systems that transform carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into useful products as part of a broader effort to enact a net-zero emissions economy, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Carbon Action Alliance Launches to Spur Carbon Reduction Efforts Nationwide
October 26, 2022 in Carbon Management, News & Press Author: Darren Goode
New network aims to translate federal and state carbon management and industrial decarbonization policies into local opportunity.
OCTOBER 26, 2022, NEW ORLEANS—The Great Plains Institute today launched the Carbon Action Alliance, a new initiative to align and grow a network of government, industry, labor, environmental, and community partners to work together toward a common goal of achieving economywide deployment of carbon management and industrial decarbonization technologies in the United States to achieve net-zero emissions by midcentury. Continue reading »
Advancing CO2 Transport Infrastructure through DOE’s CIFIA Program: A Q&A with Matt Kittell
October 14, 2022 in Carbon Management Authors: Bridget Callaghan, Ryan Kammer
While the spotlight on carbon management often falls on new capture technologies and storage facilities, a robust carbon dioxide (CO2) transport infrastructure is critical to achieving midcentury climate goals. An established CO2 transport infrastructure can help lower the financial risk of capture and storage projects and expand the number of opportunities for carbon management. Continue reading »
