In this episode, we speak with Erin Burns (Executive Director) and Giana Amador (Co-Founder and Policy Director) of Carbon180, a new breed of climate-focused NGO on a mission to fundamentally rethink carbon. Chad and Gil talked to Erin and Giana about how their early years in rural West Virginia and the Central Valley of California drove their passionate interest in climate policy. We also discussed how Carbon180 has pivoted as an organization over the last six years, the most promising carbon removal technologies (including direct air capture, soil sequestration, and carbon tech), and the essential role of policy in driving solutions in the future. Finally, Erin and Giana give their takes on the most overused energy jargon we should retire and share what "climate positive" means to each of them.

Links:

Official Bios 
https://carbon180.org/team

Twitter
@erinmburns, @GianaAmador, and @carbon_180

Carbon180 Newsletter
https://carbon180.org/subscribe

Direct Air Capture Fact Sheet 
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b9362d89d5abb8c51d474f8/t/60022bcabbe04a3784a73d25/1610755025490/Carbon180+FactSheet+DirectAirCapture+2021.pdf

Soil Carbon Storage Fact Sheet
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b9362d89d5abb8c51d474f8/t/5e55a0e096f3913deb5e31ca/1582670065496/Carbon180+FactSheet+SoilCarbon+R3.pdf

Enhancing and expanding the 45Q tax credit for direct air capture: How 45Q can catalyze equitable DAC development and deployment
https://carbon180.medium.com/enhancing-and-expanding-the-45q-tax-credit-for-direct-air-capture-85f0f00c98c

Paving the Way for Low-Carbon Concrete: Recommendations for a Federal Procurement Strategy
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b9362d89d5abb8c51d474f8/t/5fd95907de113c3cc0f144af/1608079634052/Paving+the+Way+for+Low-Carbon+Concrete

The Atlantic: Why Celebrities Are Agog Over This Tiny Climate Think Tank 
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/03/the-deluge-of-nft-money-is-going-to-a-tiny-think-tank-climate/618380/

Episode recorded April 21, 2021. 

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