Yes, this bill is big news for carbon removal https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚨" title="Polizeiautos mit drehendem Licht" aria-label="Emoji: Polizeiautos mit drehendem Licht"> The Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act is being brought to the House floor today. This bipartisan pkg of bills is intended to address climate change across the energy & industrial sectors & features CDR in a number of ways.
This bill would:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts">create a first of its kind Carbon Removal Program at DOE focused on a range of technological CDR approaches
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts"> fund DAC test centers
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts">create prize-based programs for demo projects
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts">authorize more than a https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚡️" title="Hochspannungszeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Hochspannungszeichen">billion dollarshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚡️" title="Hochspannungszeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Hochspannungszeichen"> over 5 yrs for these initiatives.
The legislation also provides $3B for geologic storage & testing & over $150M to the expansion of carbon use through 2025. Overall, this is an https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📣" title="Anfeuerungsmegafon" aria-label="Emoji: Anfeuerungsmegafon">unprecedented level of fundinghttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📣" title="Anfeuerungsmegafon" aria-label="Emoji: Anfeuerungsmegafon"> that could change the carbon removal landscape in important and necessary ways. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👏" title="Applaus-Zeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Applaus-Zeichen">
C180 director of policy @erinmburns testified in 2019 in support of many elements of this package, including the Carbon Removal Program and funding for geologic storage. We& #39;re pleased to see many key elements included in the current legislation. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📜" title="Schriftrolle" aria-label="Emoji: Schriftrolle"> https://www.congress.gov/116/meeting/house/109659/witnesses/HHRG-116-SY20-Wstate-BurnsE-20190619.pdf">https://www.congress.gov/116/meeti...
What comes next: a final House vote should take place soon, plus the Senate is trying to pass its own comprehensive energy bill — if that happens, both chambers will go to conference to iron out the differences, but we are hopeful the CDR provisions remain robust. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="☀️" title="Sonne mit Strahlen" aria-label="Emoji: Sonne mit Strahlen">
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