My 1st paper (!!!!) out today in Nature Communications Earth & Environment! We explore environmental justice & just transition concerns & opportunities for direct air capture in the U.S., finding that communities may support DAC, but with conditions.

Another article out! We argue that procedural justice must be core not only to *deployments* of novel climate interventions like methane removal but also to their *research*. Research that isn’t equity-informed too often produces inequitable “solutions”!

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RT @MichaelWWara: Come work with the Climate and Energy Policy Program on electricity policy! We are looking for a smart young lawyer ready….

Shoutout to my amazing @DataProgress colleagues @cathwfraser and @GraceAdcox for their work on this <3.

Finally, a normative takeaway: communities should be able to choose for themselves whether DAC is right for them. This is, most importantly, how we align the industry with justice principles. It's also how we mitigate risks of community pushback and project delays.

This is especially true when projects are led by or involve industries that share similar infrastructure or first-movers with the fossil fuel industry. For communities that have been overburdened by fossil fuels, anti-fossil fuel models for DAC are necessary.

We also find, importantly, that communities that have been overburdened by industrial activities may not trust new industries to take community needs and concerns seriously, which may lead to lower support for projects.

We find that communities must be meaningfully engaged in the development of DAC and share economic benefits from projects. This means we need to fundamentally rethink how climate infrastructure is produced, developing community (co-)production & ownership models.

The most intelligent, discerning hydrogen platform I've seen. Let's see if the Hydrogen Hubs program passes muster.

RT @_david_ho_: When those of us who work on CO₂ removal (CDR) meet, it’s apparent that no one wants to do this and no one thinks it’s easy….

Curious if your community is near a facility spewing ethylene oxide? (In a wild turn of events, Palo Alto actually is. ) Great mapping tool here:

Today is the last day to comment on EPA's proposal to tighten controls for ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing pollutant. @UCSUSA makes it easy to submit public comment, so please do!

RT @CMNTYPARTNERS: Refinery emissions are significantly higher than what’s reported to regulators & the public. That's why 40 #Environmen….

A persistent theme in conversations with communities on DAC: the Hubs program will set the tone for the industry + signal whether or not it’s to be trusted. Community leadership/ownership, transparency, & anti-FF/-moral hazard provisions are critical. Come learn more tomorrow!.

Two accomplishments today: 1) I finished watching the OC (!!!!), and 2) I got into Stanford Law School.

Y'all, I just submitted my first first-author manuscript for peer review. Keep me in your thoughts and prayers 🫣. @PhDspeaks @PhDVoice.

What do @VP, @BillNye and I have in common (other than kick-ass style)? We'll be seeing y'all at #AspenIdeasClimate next week! . Can't wait to lead the roundtable on equitable community engagement for #CarbonaRemoval with @CalliObern!.

RT @_david_ho_: You ride a bike long enough, this is inevitable.

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