“…(T)here are many ways that firms might inadvertently or intentionally greenwash carbon-utilizing products. There are also many different questions that stakeholders can ask to help uncover these strategies and understand if the firms have taken the proper steps to assert their environmental claims. While equipping customers, investors, employees, non-governmental organizations, and business partners with the…
Volker Sick was recently interviewed by Benoît Morenne of the Wall Street Journal about the future of captured CO2 “Consumers will need reassurance that some of these new products are safe, says Volker Sick, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan and director of the Global CO2 Initiative, a research group that…
“If we do not slow the changes, society will become increasingly maladapted to local climate, leading to local catastrophes from which we just cannot recover.” This issue features Dr. Gerald Stokes, Visiting Professor Department of Technology and Society, Stony Brook University, Global CO2 Initiative Advisory Board Member.Associated with Stony Brook University since 2014, Dr. Stokes most recently was the Chair of Technology…
“…(W)e should not only drastically decrease our emissions, but we should also find solutions to move away from the use of fossil carbon. We should ‘defossilize’ our economy, and CCU is a key solution in that sense!” This issue features Dr. Célia Julia Sapart, Climate Scientist, Director Communications and Climate Science at CO2 Value Europe. Dr. Sapart is a…
“At Mars, we work really hard. I think everyone is willing to put in the hard work because we all embody those same shared values and have absolute respect for each other. To me that’s success. ” This issue features Aaron Fitzgerald and Kristian Gubsch, Co-Founders of Mars Materials . Aaron Fitzgerald is a carbon removal entrepreneur. He uses his…
Volker Sick was recently interviewed by Zoë Corbyn of the Guardian about making stuff from CO2 “It’s almost a sin to throw away a valuable resource,” says Volker Sick, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan who directs the Global CO2 Initiative. “The beauty of carbon is you can make so many…
