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Scrubbing the Sky - Episode 4 - Skeptics vs Believers: Is Direct Air Capture Hope or Hype?

Scrubbing the Sky - Episode 4 - Skeptics vs Believers: Is Direct Air Capture Hope or Hype?

Update: 2025-03-25
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Host Ed Whittingham closes out Season 1 by examining the case against Direct Air Capture by one its harshest critics, Al Gore, followed by the counterarguments of supporters. Will DAC live up to its hype and potential to help cool a warming planet? 


Guests include: 

  • Greg Nemet, professor at the University of Wisconsin
  • Klaus Lackner, professor at Arizona State University
  • David Keith, professor at the University of Chicago and a DAC pioneer who founded the company Carbon Engineering
  • Sara Hastings-Simon, professor at the University of Calgary
  • Christian Theuer, Policy Communications Lead at Heirloom
  • Jim McDermott, co-founder and the managing partner of Rusheen Capital Management, LLC
  • Éric St-Pierre, Executive Director of the Trottier Family Foundation


Learn more at www.scrubbingthesky.com

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Scrubbing the Sky - Episode 4 - Skeptics vs Believers: Is Direct Air Capture Hope or Hype?

Scrubbing the Sky - Episode 4 - Skeptics vs Believers: Is Direct Air Capture Hope or Hype?

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