Climate Workers Anonymous

Olivine is a mineral that can sequester carbon dioxide through weathering. It's also one of the most common minerals in the Earth's upper mantle. A lot of it is just sitting around as waste rock from other mining operations. Project Vesta is working to turn olivine from waste into value, reverse climate change, and deacidify the world's oceans. Project Vesta cofounder Eric Matzner comes on the show to tell us how that works and what they're up to.

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Nori's Director of Carbon Economics Aldyen Donnelly shares her thoughts on what's happening with Canada's carbon tax and federal backstop.

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6517432688209727488

https://nori.com/podcasts/reversing-climate-change/31-aldyen-donnelly-on-why-carbon-pricing-hasnt-worked-so-far

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Ramez Naam discusses his recent article "The Third Phase of Clean Energy Will Be the Most Disruptive Yet" with guest host, Nori Head of Product, Michael Leggett. We dig into the economics of clean energy, and how that could be a boon to carbon removal.



http://rameznaam.com/2019/04/02/the-third-phase-of-clean-energy-will-be-the-most-disruptive-yet/

https://twitter.com/ramez

https://www.carbontracker.org

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Nori advisor and cleantech evangelist Ramez Naam came by the office to fill us in on his great analysis of how the Green New Deal could be successful, and the role of carbon removal within such a plan.

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Dr. Heather Price of North Seattle College stops by the office to share her and her family's experience of School Strike for Climate (#fridaysforfuture) at Seattle's City Hall and beyond, and to what degree she's heard talk of carbon removal in these circles.

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General Mills recently issued a $650k grant to Kiss the Ground and Soil Health Academy to train farmers in regenerative agricultural practices.

https://www.generalmills.com/en/News/NewsReleases/Library/2019/March/Regen-Ag

https://soilhealthacademy.org

https://kisstheground.com

https://www.facebook.com/kissthegroundCA/

https://www.youtube.com/kisstheground

https://www.instagram.com/kisstheground/

https://twitter.com/finianmakepeace

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Last month, the UN Environment Assembly failed to come to an agreement about governing geoeningeering. But this is a topic that will be brought up more and more as climate change continues.

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Carbon180 just launched the first and only startup accelerator for carbontech, hoping to link entrepreneurs to the resources they need, derisk early-stage technologies, and transition them towards their first double-bottom-line investment.

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Direct air capture company Carbon Engineering recently closed an investment round having raised $68 million, including investments from the oil and gas industry.

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Weather futures contracts show that traders are already building expectations of climate change into the way they invest their money.

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