Direct Air Capture: Assessing Impacts to Enable Responsible Scaling

About the Authors

Katie Lebling is an associate in the U.S. Climate program at WRI. Her work focuses on technological carbon removal and industrial decarbonization in the United States.

Contact: katie.lebling@wri.org

Haley Leslie-Bole is an associate in the U.S. Climate program at WRI. Her work focuses on leveraging state and federal policy to increase the capacity of natural and working lands to sequester carbon. She also works to ensure that equity and community engagement are central to the carbon removal scale-up.

Contact: haley.leslie-bole@wri.org

Elizabeth Bridgwater is a research analyst in the U.S. Climate program at WRI. Her work focuses on carbon dioxide removal and U.S. subnational climate action.

Contact: elizabeth.bridgwater@wri.org

Zachary Byrum is an associate in the U.S. Climate program at WRI. His work focuses on policy options to scale up technological carbon removal solutions and industrial decarbonization in the United States.

Contact: zachary.byrum@wri.org

Peter Psarras is a research assistant professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering and energy policy at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania.

Contact: psarras@seas.upen.edu

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