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Why carbon capture companies are staffing up with lobbyists
FromPOLITICO Energy
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8 minutes
Released:
Oct 5, 2022
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Description
The Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provided
billions of dollars to invest in the controversial carbon capture
industry. And now, the industry is pouring money into hiring lobbyists.
POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre breaks down what the industry hopes to
accomplish by staffing up, the well-connected insiders being hired, and
the unsettled politics behind carbon capture itself. Plus, Virginia’s
governor Glenn Youngkin wants the state to bet big on nuclear power.
Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO.
Ben Lefebvre is an energy reporter for POLITICO.
Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer.
Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.
billions of dollars to invest in the controversial carbon capture
industry. And now, the industry is pouring money into hiring lobbyists.
POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre breaks down what the industry hopes to
accomplish by staffing up, the well-connected insiders being hired, and
the unsettled politics behind carbon capture itself. Plus, Virginia’s
governor Glenn Youngkin wants the state to bet big on nuclear power.
Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO.
Ben Lefebvre is an energy reporter for POLITICO.
Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer.
Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.
Released:
Oct 5, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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