{{Short description|Environmental nonprofit organization}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox organization | name = Carbon180 | formation = 2015 | image = Carbon180 logo.png | founder = Noah Deich and Giana Amador | founding_location = Berkeley, California | status = 501(c)(3) organization | headquarters = Washington, D.C. | leader_title = President | leader_name = Noah Deich | website = [https://carbon180.org/ carbon180.org] }}
'''Carbon180''' is a nonprofit environmental organization headquartered in Washington, D.C.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Carbon180 |url=https://carbon180.org/ |access-date=2022-04-12 |publisher=Carbon180 |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2015, Giana Amador and Noah Deich co-founded the organization at the University of California, Berkeley.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=November 13, 2017 |title=Can Carbon-Dioxide Removal Save the World? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/11/20/can-carbon-dioxide-removal-save-the-world |access-date=2022-04-19 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US}}</ref> Carbon180 advocates for carbon dioxide removal solutions, including, but not limited to, direct air capture (DAC), forest carbon removal, and agricultural soil carbon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deep Dives |url=https://carbon180.org/deep-dives |access-date=2022-04-12 |publisher=Carbon180 |language=en-US |archive-date=April 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405134149/https://carbon180.org/deep-dives |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Meyer |first=Robinson |date=March 23, 2021 |title=Why Celebrities Are Agog Over This Tiny Climate Think Tank |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/03/the-deluge-of-nft-money-is-going-to-a-tiny-think-tank-climate/618380/ |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Geman |first=Ben |date=July 7, 2020 |title=Nonprofit Carbon180 brings on The Coefficient Group for new carbon removal lobbying |url=https://www.axios.com/carbon-removal-lobbying-carbon180-coefficient-ab6da7b8-d7cd-4ec1-94e9-5fc0f96f0702.html |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=Axios |language=en}}</ref> Carbon180 engages with lawmakers, academic and science-based institutions, and businesses to fund and deploy carbon removal technologies and methods.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Schulz |first=Benjamin |date=January 27, 2022 |title=Interview With Carbon180 Co-Founder Noah Deich |url=https://cleantechnica.com/2022/01/27/interview-with-carbon180-co-founder-noah-deich/ |access-date=2022-04-13 |publisher=CleanTechnica |language=en-US}}</ref>
== History == Launched in 2015 at the University of California, Berkeley, Carbon180 was formerly known as the Center for Carbon Removal until 2018.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Harder |first=Amy |date=September 12, 2018 |title=Carbon removal group rebrands as tech gains steam |url=https://www.axios.com/carbon-removal-group-rebrands-as-tech-gains-steam-2a5bc822-2e1e-40ef-a95e-459470c03617.html |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=Axios |language=en}}</ref> In 2017, the Center created the New Carbon Economy Consortium with research universities and national labs to conduct research, share knowledge, and build out pathways to deploy and scale carbon removal solutions.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=New Carbon Economy Consortium: Building research programs to support 21st Century economic opportunity |url=https://sustainability-innovation.asu.edu/news/archive/new-carbon-economy-consortium-building-research-programs-support-21st-century-economic-opportunity |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lucci |first1=Felicia R. |last2=Deich |first2=Noah |last3=Aines |first3=Roger D. |date=February 7, 2019 |title=New Carbon Economy Corporate Roundtable: Carbon Conversion to Valuable Products |publisher= |doi=10.2172/1499966 |osti=1499966 |s2cid=169212834 |url=https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1499966 |language=English|journal=Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=New Carbon Economy Consortium |url=https://carbon180.org/newcarboneconomy |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=Carbon180 |language=en-US}}</ref> Also in 2017, the Center helped advocate for amendments to the Section 45Q tax credit, specifically to include projects that involve DAC.<ref>{{Cite web |title=26 U.S. Code § 45Q – Credit for carbon oxide sequestration |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/45Q |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=LII / Legal Information Institute |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Center for Carbon Removal |title=2017 Annual Report |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b9362d89d5abb8c51d474f8/t/5b94231303ce64eefd14bf0c/1536434965112/ccr01.annual_web.FNL+%281%29.pdf |access-date=April 17, 2022 |website=carbon180.org}}</ref> The tax credit passed in the 2018 Bipartisan Budget Act.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Larson |first=John B. |date=February 9, 2018 |title=Text – H.R.1892 – 115th Congress (2017–2018): Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1892/text |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=www.congress.gov}}</ref> In 2018, Carbon180 retained Cassidy and Associates for a short time and in 2020, retained the Coefficient Group to lobby and engage with congressional offices on climate legislation.<ref name=":2" />
Carbon180 has received the attention of celebrities as Grimes, Halsey, and Odesza have all pledged to donate a percentage of their NFT proceeds to the organization.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Meyer |first=Robinson |date=March 23, 2021 |title=Why Celebrities Are Agog Over This Tiny Climate Think Tank |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/03/the-deluge-of-nft-money-is-going-to-a-tiny-think-tank-climate/618380/ |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kastrenakes |first=Jacob |date=March 1, 2021 |title=Grimes sold $6 million worth of digital art as NFTs |url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/1/22308075/grimes-nft-6-million-sales-nifty-gateway-warnymph |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=The Verge |language=en}}</ref> Grimes has pledged a portion of her proceeds from physical artwork as well.<ref name=":1" />
== Activities == Carbon180's main activities pertain to federal policy advocacy, the New Carbon Economy Consortium, and the Leading with Soil Initiative.<ref name=":0" /> The organization also provides fact sheets and deep dives describing various approaches to carbon removal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Resources |url=https://carbon180.org/resources |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=Carbon180 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 3, 2020 |title=Carbon Removal Advocates Face Opportunity and Challenge: Public Support, if Not Understanding |url=https://morningconsult.com/2020/12/03/carbon-removal-public-support-polling/ |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=Morning Consult |language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Federal policy advocacy === The nonprofit supports legislation related to carbon dioxide removal, such as H.R.7434 – Federal Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act of 2022, and is advocating for carbon removal solutions (e.g., soil carbon) as the U.S. Congress considers the 2023 Farm Bill.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tonko |first=Paul |date=April 7, 2022 |title=Text – H.R.7434 – 117th Congress (2021–2022): Federal Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act of 2022 |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7434/text |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=www.congress.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 8, 2022 |title=Rep. Peters Answers Urgent Call Made by UN Climate Report, Introduces Carbon Dioxide Removal Legislation |url=https://scottpeters.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-peters-answers-urgent-call-made-by-un-climate-report-introduces |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=Congressman Scott Peters |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Soil 'Moonshot' Boosters Target Farm Bill to Aid Climate Fight |url=https://about.bgov.com/news/soil-moonshot-boosters-target-farm-bill-to-aid-climate-fight/ |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=Bloomberg Government |date=March 3, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Federal Policy |url=https://carbon180.org/policy |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=Carbon180 |language=en-US}}</ref> Carbon180 recently shared its outlook for DAC implementation with the U.S. Department of Energy as the agency moves forward with the Regional Direct Air Capture Hubs program.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Freedman |first=Andrew |date=May 3, 2022 |title=Influential nonprofit works to shape federal funding for direct air capture hubs |url=https://www.axios.com/2022/05/03/shaping-direct-air-capture-hubs |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=Axios |language=en}}</ref>
=== New Carbon Economy Consortium === Launched in 2017, the Consortium includes representatives from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Arizona State University, University of Wyoming, Colorado State University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Howard University, Purdue University, University of British Columbia, University of California, Berkeley, University of Wyoming, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Global {{CO2}} Initiative, and Carbon180.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Carbon Economy Consortium |url=https://newcarboneconomy.org/ |access-date=April 23, 2022 |website=newcarboneconomy.org}}</ref> The Consortium has hosted workshops to outline and develop a multi-disciplinary research agenda to understand the human, environmental, and economic implications of a new carbon economy.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=D.C. workshop explores dimensions of new carbon economy |url=https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2019/03/dc-workshop-explores-dimensions-new-carbon-economy |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=Cornell Chronicle |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4" />
=== Leading with Soil Initiative === Carbon180 views soil carbon sequestration as a viable climate solution and has published a report entitled, Soil Carbon Moonshot: Grounding Carbon Storage in Science, which proposes a $2.3 billion interagency effort to research and scale soil carbon practices.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Carbon storage gets dirty: The movement to sequester {{CO2}} in soils |url=https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/carbon-capture/carbon-storage-gets-dirty-the-movement-to-sequester-co2-in-soils |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=Canary Media |date=April 8, 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zoebisch |first=Cristel |date=March 2022 |title=Soil Carbon Moonshot: Grounding Carbon Storage in Science |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b9362d89d5abb8c51d474f8/t/62292045a84bb233211775e7/1646862413364/Carbon180-SoilCarbonMoonshot.pdf |access-date=April 23, 2022 |website=carbon180.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Leading with Soil |url=https://carbon180.org/leading-with-soil |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=Carbon180 |language=en-US}}</ref>
== See also ==
* Carbon dioxide removal * Carbon capture and storage * Carbon sequestration * Carbon offset * Climate change mitigation * Direct air capture * Soil carbon
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== External links ==
* [https://carbon180.org/ Official website]
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