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“Even if we get to net zero, we still need to get carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. This is a bigger challenge than a lot of people have really grabbed on to yet.”
—John Kerry, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, via The Huffington Post
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Carbon Engineering Updates
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Above: Construction progress at CE's Innovation Centre in Squamish, BC.
Innovation Centre Keeps Growing: Our team and partners have made amazing progress at the nearly completed Innovation Centre in Squamish, BC. View photos and videos.
CE goes to MaRS: CE was selected for Mission from MaRS: Climate Impact Challenge with MaRS Discovery District. The program aims to accelerate market adoption of critical climate solutions by working with Canada’s most promising climate-tech ventures. Learn more.
UK DAC project gets funding: Our UK development partner, Storegga, has been awarded a £249,000 grant by the UK government. This is a key step in CE and Storegga’s plans to deploy the UK’s first large-scale DAC with Storage facility. Learn more.
UK DAC plant engineering begins: CE and Storegga have begun engineering and design of the first-large scale DAC facility in the UK, which will permanently remove between 500,000 and one million tonnes of CO2 each year. Learn more.
Two-time Narwhal: For a second time, CE was named to the Narwhal List, developed to highlight the private Canadian tech companies best poised to become world class firms. Learn more.
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- Financial Times on how CE’s DAC technology can help support decarbonization in Canada.
- The BBC breaks down our recent announcement about the UK's first large-scale DAC facility, explaining why it is needed and how it would work.
- The Toronto Star on how carbon removal and storage can help in meeting emissions reduction targets, and the decarbonization leaders who have developed promising technologies.
- The Acclimatise Podcast sits down with CE’s VP Europe, Amy Ruddock, to hear her insight on how DAC and renewable fuels can support the future of the aviation industry.
- The Climate Question podcast visits our pilot facility in B.C. to speak with CE’s CEO Steve Oldham and learn how DAC works, and the role it can play in the energy transition.
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- Shopify shares what they have learned in helping kickstart the carbon removal market in their new Playbook.
- E&E News on an exciting first: Biden’s Presidential Budget including a line item for carbon dioxide removal.
- The New Yorker explains a landmark statement by the IEA on the future of fossil fuels.
- TechCrunch on the EU and Bill Gates’ joint effort to accelerate clean tech (including DAC).
- The Huffington Post on John Kerry’s candid remarks about carbon removal at Biden’s Earth Day climate summit.
- Carbon180 on the need to deploy all the solutions available to combat the climate emergency.
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What we're reading, watching and listening to
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- An interactive data explorer from Breakthrough Energy that dives into concepts related to emissions reductions and net zero.
- Climate Action Tracker, a website with in-depth scientific analysis of national climate commitments.
- This episode of The Interchange podcast that asks, “Is the carbon transparency era coming?”
- An engaging Ted talk from BCG's Jens Burchardt on the costs of producing planet-friendly products, and why curbing climate change doesn't have to be insurmountably expensive.
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