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Student Team Awarded Funding for Carbon Capture Project 

A team of students led by Morgan Cobb has been awarded funding from the Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund. The project is a device that will remove carbon dioxide from the Huron River, with a larger device planned for implementation in the Ann Arbor Wastewater Treatment Plant.  Cobb is a Global CO2 Initiative Student Association…

Newsletter Features Student Team led by Morgan Cobb

“It makes me hopeful for our generation’s ability to meet the plethora of challenges that climate change will pose to us in our lifetimes, and excites me for the possibilities of future student teams to generate meaningful carbon capture solutions.” ~ Eli Weaver This issue of the newsletter features the team of students led by Morgan Cobb,…

2023 CCU LCA TEA Workshop Slides and Photos Now Available!

 We are pleased to announce that some of the slides for the 2023 TEA/LCA Workshop on Harmonizing CCUS Assessments are now available! Slide links can be found next to the corresponding session title below. About the event: This fifth workshop in the series is planned and conducted by the International CCUS Assessment Harmonization Group…

OpenAir Collective Co-founder Matt Parker featured in Newsletter

“…(B)eing an OpenAir co-founder is really just being a glorified volunteer. We’re all just volunteers. We’re all just collectors. And we’re all just giving our time, effort and energy to try to have as much impact as we can.”  An Associate Professor of the Arts at the NYU Game Center, Dr. Matt Parker also serves as the Area…

Grantham Foundation donates $250,000 to GCI

The Global CO2 Initiative is deeply honored to announce that the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment has generously agreed to continue their support of our work with a gift of $250,000 in 2023.  It is because of magnanimous donors such as the Grantham Foundation that we are able to provide free CCUS resources, such as…

Volker Sick wins 2023 ASME Edward F. Church Medal

“I am honored and humbled to receive the 2023 ASME Edwin F. Church Medal. I am thankful for the academic environment at the University of Michigan that encourages academic innovation and that has allowed the introduction of the International Minor for Engineers, the Techlab collection of courses in the Center for Entrepreneurship, and more.” Dr….