Dr. Charles Harvey

Dr. Charles Harvey is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT. He is known for outstanding research in multiple areas of the field of environmental engineering, including carbon sequestration and storage. Dr. Harvey has received numerous awards and he is a Fellow of both the American Geological Society the American Geophysical Union. Professor Harvey has a BA in mathematics from Oberlin College and an MS and PhD in Earth Science from Stanford University. He has worked as a hydrologist for the US Geological Survey, was a faculty member at Harvard University and is now a Professor of Environmental Engineering at MIT.

Asha Sharma

Asha Sharma is the State Policy Manager at Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability, where she develops and manages state policy campaigns driven by community needs and priorities. She has an extensive background in environmental justice, organizing, and agricultural and climate science. She holds a Master of Science from UC Davis in International Agricultural Development with a concentration in soil science.

Dr. Shaye Wolf

Shaye Wolf, Ph.D., is the climate science director with the Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute. She provides scientific support for the Center’s campaigns to protect people and wildlife from the climate crisis—focused on phasing out fossil fuels and other dirty energy and speeding a just transition to 100% clean, renewable energy in the US. She has a bachelor’s degree in biology from Yale University and a doctorate in ecology and from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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Big utilities are killing affordable clean energy

Corporate utilities including PG&E, Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric are influencing rules to maximize their profits and cut off millions of Californians from accessing affordable, clean energy. Case in point, last Friday, Governor Newsom vetoed SB 1374 (Becker). This common-sense bill would have allowed schools and apartments to use their own … Read more

Dr. Peter Psarras

Dr. Peter Psarras joined UPenn as a Research Assistant Professor in January 2021 and acting PI of the Clean Energy Conversions lab. His research involves techno-economic assessment and lifecycle analysis of technologies spanning both carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) and engineered carbon dioxide removal (CDR). These analyses inform strategic regional pathways for responsible deployment of carbon management systems. He is also a Senior Decarbonization Engineer with Carbon Direct Inc., where he evaluates new engineered technologies for various clients.

Dr. Daniel L. Sanchez

Dr. Daniel L. Sanchez is on the faculty at UC Berkeley’s Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management. He studies engineered biomass and bioenergy systems that remove CO2 from the atmosphere. Trained as an engineer and energy systems analyst, Sanchez’s work and engagement spans the academic, corporate, and governmental sectors. He runs the Carbon Removal lab at UC Berkeley and is also a principal scientist at Carbon Direct. Prior to joining the faculty of UC Berkeley, Daniel was an AAAS Congressional Science and Engineering Fellow serving in the Office of Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO). He holds a PhD and MS from UC Berkeley’s Energy and Resources Group, and a BSE in chemical and biomolecular engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Charlotte Levy

Dr. Charlotte Levy is a dynamic leader in the carbon removal field, combining deep scientific expertise with a passion for environmental justice outcomes. As a Managing Research Advisor at Carbon180, she is dedicated to scaling up carbon removal technologies while ensuring these solutions are rooted in justice and accountability. Her interdisciplinary career includes a fellowship at the Department of Energy, where she contributed to the “Roads to Removal” report and earned the Assistant Secretary’s 2022 Outstanding Achievement Award.

Dr. Anya Waite

Dr. Anya Waite is the chief executive officer and scientific director of the Ocean Frontier Institute. Her previous roles include the associate vice-president of research (ocean) at Dalhousie University from 2018 to 2024, section head of Polar Biological Oceanography at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, and professor of oceanography at the University of Bremen. Previously, Dr. Waite co-chaired the Global Ocean Observing System steering committee from 2020 to 2024 – the first woman to do so. She was also Canada’s representative on the World Meteorological Organization’s Greenhouse Gas Study Group.

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Governor Newsom signs first-in-the-nation bidirectional EV charging bill into law

SB 59 (Skinner) is designed to prevent power outages, lower energy bills, and reduce reliance on fossil fuels

SACRAMENTO — Last night, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 59 (Skinner) into law. SB 59 authorizes the California Energy Commission (CEC) to require that classes of electric vehicles (EVs) sold in California have bidirectional charging capability, which makes it possible to use the enormous amount of energy stored in EV batteries to shore up the … Read more

Air, Land, Rock, Water: An Overview of Carbon Dioxide Removal Pathways

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The world is navigating the necessary transition away from polluting fuels toward clean energy, but many scientists believe we must also work to remove climate pollution that has already been dumped into the atmosphere. That’s known as carbon dioxide removal (CDR). The call for CDR is only growing stronger as new analyses find that we’re … Read more