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Flagstaff AZ: The Case for Carbon Dioxide Removal
Flagstaff AZ: The Case for Carbon Dioxide Removal
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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
Jul 26, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Driven by community members, in 2020 Flagstaff declared a climate emergency and adopted an aggressive goal of carbon neutrality by 2030. We interview Flagstaff Climate Analyst Ramon DC Alatorre and learn how that goal led the city to identify carbon removal as a necessity and about their first "concrete" steps to implement a carbon removal program.ResourcesFlagstaff Carbon Neutrality Plan website and the plan itself"Carbon Dioxide Removal" - Presentation to Flagstaff City Council - Ramon Alatorre, 5/11/21Flagstaff Climate Program - websiteGrist article: Why Boulder County and Flagstaff are enlisting cities to suck carbon out of the atmosphereOpenAir Carbon Removal Collective - website
Released:
Jul 26, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (73)
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