December's CDR Headlines w/ Ben Rubin

It's our last business episode of 2022. It's been a newsworthy year for startups, corporate commitments, and investing in carbon removal, and December has been no different.

This week we'll talk about a grab-bag of headlines:

Prince William came to the U.S. to give a promising carbon storage startup $1 million (among other things).
A major investor doubled down on their climate fund at a time when general VC funding is drying up.
An on-the-ground look at one DAC company's foray into bringing CDR to Wyoming's oil and gas country.

Ben Rubin joins Radhika and Susan as a guest business panelist. Ben is the Executive Director of the Carbon Business Council, a trade group for CDR companies.

On This Episode

Susan Su

Radhika Moolgavkar

Ben Rubin

Resources

Carbon Business Council

Earthshot Prize

4401

DOE new CDR funding

Union Square Ventures announcement

Frontier Announcement

Inside Climate News article on CarbonCapture in Wyoming