Working with West Virginia University's faculty and staff, WVU’s Bridge Initiative in Science and Technology Policy, Leadership, and Communications developed a policymaker guide that focuses on the opportunities and challenges for carbon dioxide removal and storage in West Virginia.
Carbon Dioxide Removal and West Virginia Media Advisory (PDF)
WVU Bridge CDR Policy maker Guide
The Bridge Initiative, working with the faculty and staff in the West Virginia CDR Project, has developed a policymaker guide, Carbon Dioxide Removal and West Virginia, as well as policy briefs and explainers, which you can find the links below.
Carbon Dioxide Removal and West Virginia - Low Resolution (PDF)Carbon Dioxide Removal Possibilities in West Virginia
(Source: West Virginia University, 2022; Adapted from Energy Futures Initiative, 2019)
The purpose of this study is to provide information for policymakers so they can understand both the opportunities and challenges of CDR activities in West Virginia.
The West Virginia University (WVU) faculty and staff who developed this guide focused their efforts on answering the following questions:
- What are potential scientific and technological opportunities and challenges
to the removal and storage of CO2 from the atmosphere in West Virginia?
- Working Group 1: Eddie Brzostek, Shikha Sharma, and Sam Taylor, co-chairs
- How could the effective and efficient removal and storage of CO2 from
the atmosphere enhance economic prosperity and job creation in West Virginia?
- Working Group 2: John Deskins, chair
- What are potential new ecological, conservation, and environmental opportunities
and challenges to the removal and storage of CO2 from the atmosphere
in West Virginia?
- Working Group 3: Dave McGill, chair
- What are the associated opportunities, challenges, risks, and empowerment
potential for traditionally socio-economically disadvantaged communities,
including those located in former coalfields and communities of color?
- Working Group 4: Jamie Shinn, chair
- What actions, if any, should national, state, and local West Virginia policymakers take to enhance the removal and storage of CO2 from the atmosphere to reduce climate variation, increase economic opportunities, and create jobs for West Virginians?