Working on clean industrial policy and carbon removal @RockyMtnInst. Climate is our biggest challenge and biggest opportunity. Tweets my own, etc. NC-based
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Kyle Clark-Sutton retweeted
It’s astonishing that the lead architect of the Senate’s energy provisions is a self-described philosopher with no experience in the power sector, no prior affiliation with a credible consulting or research institution, and no service in any regulatory or policymaking capacity.
Kyle Clark-Sutton retweeted
The U.S. Senate’s reconciliation bill will cause irreparable harm to North Carolina.
It will rip health care away from hundreds of thousands of people and close rural hospitals, take food away from hungry children, and kill thousands of jobs in our booming clean energy economy.
All of this just to pay for tax cuts for already very wealthy people — it’s a disgrace.
I urge Congress to vote against it.
Kyle Clark-Sutton retweeted
⏰ STARTING IN 30 MINUTES—9am EDT: As Israel-Iran tensions create oil market volatility, what’s next for global energy security? @CSIS experts @clayseigle, @raadie66 & @AdiSurreyEnergy break down the risks and opportunities. Join this timely discussion! 🔗 👇
Kyle Clark-Sutton retweeted
We're thrilled to welcome John Cornwell (@GoodEnergyColl), Grant Faber (Former DOE), @KyleClarkSutton (@RockyMtnInst), @A_Benjamin99 (@DACCoalition), Will Kain (@Avnos), Emily Pope (@C2ES_org) as speakers to #DACC2025!
Register: daccoalition.org/conference
Kyle Clark-Sutton retweeted
NEW - DOE’s No 2: Congress needs to move on permitting reform. For @politico Energy podcast, I spoke w/ Deputy @ENERGY Secretary David Turk, who said lawmakers should “lean into the momentum” of actions taken by Biden/Harris to speed clean energy projects politi.co/3UaVm42
The big win from this debate is that these two guys actually had a pretty civil conversation and seemed to be trying to acknowledge solid ground.
Kyle Clark-Sutton retweeted
Asheville is over 2,000 feet above sea level, and ~300 miles away from the nearest coastline. No place is safe from climate change.
We all suffer the consequences. We must all take action. We are all in this together.
Kyle Clark-Sutton retweeted
Them:
“Omg solar takes up sOoOo much space and paves over prime agricultural lands!!”
Us:
Kyle Clark-Sutton retweeted
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🌟 🌟 Regional #DACHub 🌟 🌟
🙌🏼 Another critical step towards our #CleanEnergyFuture❗
📋 @ENERGY released a #NoticeofIntent for $1.8B in ongoing funding for 3 new topic areas through the Regional DAC Hubs program. ➡️ bit.ly/3Blp0wR #DirectAirCapture #FECM
@ENERGY is back to DAC with a new Notice of Intent to fund another $1.8 billion from the Regional DAC Hub Program in three areas:
1. Infrastructure scaling platforms ($250m/project)
2. Mid-scale DAC (2-25k tpa, $50m/project)
3. Large-scale DAC (>25k tbp, $600m)
Great news—SBTi has an opportunity to put carbon dioxide removal (CDR) on the map for a lot of companies to help scale this critical field.
How do you think CDR should be incorporated into #SBTi?
What does the latest @sciencetargets #SBTi update mean for #CarbonRemoval?
Let’s cut through the noise and see what the documents say.
Or – more importantly – what they don’t say anymore.
We all remember April when the SBTi board mentioned considering carbon credits under the standard.
The Terms of Reference that followed in May left #CDR out of scope by listing neutralization milestones and pathways as an item that “may be considered for future revisions of the Corporate Net-Zero Standard”.
In July, the research report on the use of credits didn’t focus on CDR, found that conventional carbon credits have their challenges and opened the door for insetting for Scope 3 emissions.
So, what changed with the latest SBTi update to the Terms of Reference in September that we see in the news now?
The SBTi took a major step towards CDR by removing “neutralization milestones, i.e neutralization pathways” from exclusions.
This means carbon removal can now be properly worked on under the SBTi.
And that work is already starting. The SBTi is organising two CDR workshops in NY and London that will “inform the SBTi’s research on the role of carbon removals as companies work towards their net-zero target date”. Note – towards.
That hints at intermediate targets that would open the removals market up for solid demand.
It is a huge step forward for removals under the SBTi.
Let’s make it count!
The public consultation of the draft V2.0 Standard is scheduled for Q1 2025.
Read more:
sciencebasedtargets.org/news…
It was a great day talking about scaling safe and supported CDR with a ton of smart people @KleinmanEnergy! Thanks for the invitation!
What a great day talking carbon dioxide removal at Roads to Removal Pennsylvania conference!
Catch up on everything you missed by reading the report here: roads2removal.org/
A recording of the event will be available on our website soon!
#EnergyAtPenn #RoadsToRemoval
Kyle Clark-Sutton retweeted
Honored to have had this opportunity to bring so many thought leaders together to discuss the scale up of removals alongside mitigation in a regional way. @KleinmanEnergy @PennEngineers @FECMgov @Livermore_Lab
What a great day talking carbon dioxide removal at Roads to Removal Pennsylvania conference!
Catch up on everything you missed by reading the report here: roads2removal.org/
A recording of the event will be available on our website soon!
#EnergyAtPenn #RoadsToRemoval
Absolute legend. @jaredpolis has my vote.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, asked if he’d accept offer to serve as vp for Harris, quips:
“Look, if they if they do the polling and it turns out that they need a 49-year-old, bald and gay Jew from Boulder, Colorado, they got my number.”
@DanaBashCNN: “😆😆. That was very funny.”
📢📢Come work with me! The Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Initiative at @RockyMtnInst is hiring a Policy Senior Associate to help grow our work developing policy solutions to support the responsible scale-up of CDR. Let's goooooo
Link: rockymountain.wd1.myworkdayj…
As @CarbonUnbound East Coast wraps, I'm excited to share that I'm part of the Advisory Board for Carbon Unbound West Coast, Oct 24-25 in San Francisco. Early bird registration is live--check it out and join us!
carbonunboundwestcoast.com/
Kyle Clark-Sutton retweeted
📣 Are you a carbon removal company piloting a promising new approach? Frontier’s 2024 prepurchase application cycle is now open!
You can find the full RFP—and apply—at the site below. Pre-apps are due May 28.
frontierclimate.com/apply 👇
