Taylor Swift’s Super Bowl flight shows what’s wrong with carbon removal
Raw StoryThis story was originally published by Grist. “The worry is that carbon removal will be something we do so that business-as-usual can continue,” said Sara Nawaz, director of research at American University’s Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy. “We need a really big conversation reframe.” The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says carbon removal will be “required” to meet climate targets, and the United States Department of Energy has a goal of bringing the cost down to $100 per ton. “We need to take a step back.” Nawaz co-wrote a report released today titled “Agenda for a Progressive Political Economy of Carbon Removal.” In it, she and her co-authors lay out a vision for carbon removal that shifts away from market-centric approaches to ones that are government-, community-, and worker-led. She supports the direction the authors advocate, adding, “They actually give us a roadmap on how to get there, and that in itself is progressive.” Nawaz compared carbon removal’s current trajectory to the bumpy path that carbon offsets has followed.
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