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Published: April 18, 2023, 8 a.m.

CarbonCapture is looking to build a large-scale direct air capture facility in Rock Springs, Wyoming, a town with deep roots in the coal industry.\xa0

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And last fall, the company invited the community to a town hall event to learn more about the initiative, known as Project Bison, and its aim to remove five million tonnes of CO2 annually by 2030.

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How did the people react to CarbonCapture\u2019s plans? And what can the carbon removal industry learn from events like this?

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Nicholas Kusnetz is an award-winning reporter for Inside Climate News. His work has appeared in more than a dozen publications, including The Washington Post, Business Week, and The New York Times.

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On this episode of Reversing Climate Change, Nicholas joins guest hosts Asa Kamer and Siobhan Montoya Lavendar to discuss his December 2022 piece on CarbonCapture Inc\u2019s Project Bison.

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Nicholas discusses what CarbonCapture\u2019s town hall event was like, describing the wide range of people who attended, and what questions they had for the presenter.

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Listen in for Nicholas\u2019 insight into other DAC projects taking place in fossil fuel country around the US and learn about the local tradeoffs facing communities at carbon capture sites.

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Resources

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Nicholas at Inside Climate News

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Nicholas\u2019 Series\u2014Pipe Dreams: Is Carbon Capture a Climate Solution or a Dangerous Distraction?

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\u2018Carbon Removal Is Coming to Fossil Fuel Country. Can It Bring Jobs and Climate Action?\u2019 in Inside Climate News

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CarbonCapture Inc\u2019s Project Bison

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Wyoming Law to Encourage Carbon Capture at Coal Plants

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Powder River Basin Resource Council

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Exxon\u2019s Proposed DAC Hubs in the Gulf

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\u2018Occidental Seeks Texas Property Tax Abatements to Help Finance Its Long-Shot Plan for Removing Carbon Dioxide from the Atmosphere\u2019 in Inside Climate News

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\u2018Occidental Is Eyeing California\u2019s Clean Fuels Market to Fund Texas Carbon Removal Plant\u2019 in Inside Climate News

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