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The good and bad of carbon capture

Catalyst · 20 Jul 2023 · 42m

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Dr. Emily Grubert, an associate professor of sustainable energy policy at the University of Notre Dame, outlines a four-category framework for carbon capture and storage (CCS) to clarify its role in the energy transition. She distinguishes between fossil fuel CCS, mitigative CCS for hard-to-abate industrial processes like cement, compensatory carbon dioxide removal (CDR) for offsets, and drawdown CDR for legacy emissions. Grubert argues that prioritizing drawdown and mitigative CCS is essential to avoid locking in fossil infrastructure and to ensure that limited resources like land and energy are used effectively for net-negative goals.

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