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    Insights
    May 1, 2025

    Biomass Can Fight Climate Change, But Only If You Do It Right

    • carbon removal
    • agriculture
    • Food Loss and Waste
    A farmer examines an ear of corn with a farming machine behind him.
    • carbon removal
    • agriculture
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Climate
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    March 17, 2025

    Carbon Dioxide Removal Must Be Scaled Responsibly. But What Does That Mean?

    • carbon removal
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Direct Air Capture
    Two people wearing safety jackets look up at the Mammoth Direct Air Capture plant.
    • carbon removal
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Direct Air Capture
    Ocean
    Technical Perspectives
    February 10, 2025

    How Marine Carbon Removal Is Governed in the High Seas

    • carbon removal
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • biodiversity
    • Equity & Governance
    • Ocean
    A diver moves through a kelp forest in the Pacific Ocean.
    • carbon removal
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • biodiversity
    • Equity & Governance
    • Ocean
    Climate
    Update
    November 21, 2024

    Carbon Dioxide Removal Investment Act

    • carbon removal
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    Hands holding biomass and finished vegetable carbon at the Carbon Removal Park Baltic Sea Plant in Germany.
    • carbon removal
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    Climate
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    October 31, 2024

    How US States Can Lead on Carbon Removal Policy

    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    • Igniting Innovation
    Carbon removal technology.
    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    • Igniting Innovation
    Climate
    Technical Perspectives
    August 6, 2024

    How Separate Climate Targets Can Help Avoid Overreliance on Carbon Removal

    • carbon removal
    • long-term strategies
    • International Climate Action
    • NDC
    • net-zero emissions
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    Direct air capture units at a Climeworks facility in Iceland with snow-capped mountains in the background.
    • carbon removal
    • long-term strategies
    • International Climate Action
    • NDC
    • net-zero emissions
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    August 1, 2024

    REMOVE Act of 2024

    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • climate policy
    • U.S. policy
    • carbon removal
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    Climeworks direct air capture plant and sky
    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • climate policy
    • U.S. policy
    • carbon removal
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 30, 2024

    Tracking Progress: Climate Action Under the Biden Administration

    • National Climate Action
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    • climatewatch-pinned
    President Joe Biden visits Flatirons Campus of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Arvada, Colorado.
    • National Climate Action
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    Technical Perspectives
    June 13, 2024

    High-Quality Carbon Removal Requires Credible and Consistent MRV — Government Oversight Can Help

    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • carbon removal
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    • Igniting Innovation
    Power Plant, North Platte, Wyoming
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • carbon removal
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    • Igniting Innovation
    Climate
    Technical Perspectives
    May 29, 2024

    Could the Carbon Removal Industry Reach a Tipping Point that Triggers Rapid and Nonlinear Growth?

    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    • industry
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Igniting Innovation
    View of an industrial carbon removal plant.
    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    • industry
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Igniting Innovation
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 3, 2024

    4 Things to Know About US EPA’s New Power Plant Rules

    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • Clean Energy
    • National Climate Action
    A coal plant in eastern Wyoming spews emissions.
    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • Clean Energy
    • National Climate Action
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 1, 2024

    Ocean Carbon Removal Is Uncharted Territory. The US Can Help Change That

    • carbon removal
    • Ocean
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    • Igniting Innovation
    A scientist takes a soil sample to measure carbon sequestration in a seagrass bed.
    • carbon removal
    • Ocean
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    • Igniting Innovation
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 25, 2024

    4 Priorities for Managing US Lands in the Face of Climate Change

    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    • land use
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • carbon removal
    A tractor and trucks drive through soy bean fields.
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    • land use
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • carbon removal
    Climate
    Update
    January 19, 2024

    Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act of 2024

    • carbon removal
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    U.S. Capitol building
    • carbon removal
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    Climate
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    October 17, 2023

    Carbon Mineralization Needs Greater Policy Support to Reach Carbon Removal Potential

    • carbon removal
    • U.S. Climate
    Cement factory.
    • carbon removal
    • U.S. Climate
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    September 14, 2023

    Carbon Dioxide Removal Research and Development Act of 2023

    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Direct Air Capture
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    US Capitol building
    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Direct Air Capture
    • carbon removal legislation & policy

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