Capturing the Enemy: A Connect the Dots Podcast
Episode 5.2, May 2021: In this episode of Connect the Dots, host Rob Verchick discusses carbon capture and sequestration, or CCS. The fossil fuel industry is billing the technology as a way to reduce carbon emissions while continuing to do business as usual. But carbon capture and sequestration is not nearly comprehensive enough to reduce emissions at a level and rate necessary to make a difference in the fight against climate change. Also, the logistics are complex and questionable, and the whole process could end up burning more energy than it saves. Rob is joined by Flozell Daniels, Jr., CEO and President of the Foundation for Louisiana; Alice Kaswan, CPR Board Member and professor and associate dean at the University of San Francisco; Alex Kolker, associate professor for the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium; Karen Sokol, CPR Member Scholar and associate professor of law at Loyola University in New Orleans; and Hannah Wiseman, CPR Member Scholar and professor at the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and Institutes of Energy and the Environment at Penn State University.
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Flozell Daniels, Jr., is CEO and President of the Foundation for Louisiana. View bio. |
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Alice Kaswan is a CPR Board Member and professor and associate dean at the University of San Francisco. View bio. |
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Alex Kolker is an associate professor for the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium. View bio. |
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Karen Sokol is a CPR Member Scholar and associate professor of law at Loyola University in New Orleans. View bio. |
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Hannah Wiseman is a CPR Member Scholar and professor at the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and Institutes of Energy and the Environment at Penn State University. View bio. |
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Other resources:
- Forbes: "Clean Energy Rises: Is This The Death Of The Petroleum Industry?" and "Climate Change Cannot Be Mitigated Without Effective Carbon Pricing"
- Energywire: "How Biden's environmental justice plan could backfire"
- Los Angeles Times: "The next Aliso Canyon could happen on L.A.’s Westside"
- Stanford Report: "Carbon capture and storage likely to cause earthquakes, say Stanford researchers"
Special thanks to:
- The College of Law at Loyola University New Orleans
- The College of Music and Media at Loyola University New Orleans
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