"Getting to Net-Zero" Briefing Series

CURC is holding a series of conversations titled "Getting to Net-Zero with Carbon Capture and Removal Technologies", co-hosted by:

Clean Air Task Force
Third Way
Bipartisan Policy Center
Carbon Capture Coalition
Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute
ClearPath
Great Plains Institute

Large-scale deployment of carbon capture and removal technologies will contribute to the decarbonization of traditional stationary sources in the power and industrial sectors, offset hard-to-decarbonize sectors including aviation, shipping and other modes of transport, and reduce the concentration of carbon dioxide remaining in the atmosphere. The Getting to Net-Zero series will explore the various ways these technologies can contribute to economywide decarbonization while simultaneously preserving and creating jobs across clean energy, industrial and manufacturing sectors that pay family-sustaining wages.

Below, please find materials and video from our previous briefings. Materials and registration information for upcoming briefings will also be posted here.

Briefing #1: Getting to Net-Zero with Carbon Capture and Removal Technologies

April 30, 2021 | 12:00 pm EST

Agenda
Dr. Jennifer Wilcox – Acting Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
Sasha Mackler – Director, Energy Project, Bipartisan Policy Center
Lindsey Walter – Deputy Director, Climate and Energy Program, Third Way
Lee Beck – CCUS Policy Innovation Director, Clean Air Task Force
Cecile Conroy – Director, Government Affairs, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers

Briefing #2: The Role of Carbon Capture and Removal Technologies in Achieving Power Sector Decarbonization

May 21, 2021 | 12:00 pm EST

Agenda
Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) (recorded remarks)
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) (recorded remarks)
Madelyn Morrison - External Affairs Manager, Great Plains Institute
Dr. Mark Berry - Vice President, Research and Development, Southern Company
Stacey Dahl -Senior Manager of External Affairs, Minnkota Power Cooperative
Austin Keyser - Director of Political and Legislative Affairs, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Briefing #3: The Role of Carbon Capture and Removal Technologies in Achieving Industrial Sector Decarbonization

June 4, 2021 | 1:00 pm EST

Agenda
Rebecca Dell - Program Director, Industry, ClimateWorks Foundation
Ryan Fitzpatrick - Director of the Climate and Energy Program, Third Way
Lee Beck - CCUS Policy Innovation Director, Clean Air Task Force (moderator)
Abigail Regitsky - Senior Associate, Breakthrough Energy
David Perkins - Vice President of Government Affairs & Communications, Lehigh Hanson
Justin Kirchhoff - President, Summit Agricultural Investors
Jason Walsh - Executive Director, BlueGreen Alliance

Briefing #4: Carbon Capture and Storage - Deployment and Next Steps

June 29, 2021 | 11:00 am EST

Agenda
Congressman Marc Veasey (D-TX)
Congressman David McKinley (R-WV)
Matt Bright - Global CCS Institute
Mark Ackiewicz - U.S. Department of Energy
Ben Grove - Clean Air Task Force
Whitney Herndon - Rhodium Group
Sallie Greenberg - Illinois State Geological Survey

Briefing #5: Carbon Removal and Utilization

September 22, 2021 | 12:00 pm EST

Agenda
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Xan Fishman - Bipartisan Policy Center
Rory Jacobson - Carbon180
Christoph Beuttler - Climeworks
Peter Sherk - Wabash Valley Resources
Amishi Kumar - Department of Energy