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Howard Herzog
MIT Energy Initiative Senior Research Engineer
Howard Herzog
MIT Energy Initiative Senior Research Engineer
In this Episode
According to the IPCC’s 2018 report, carbon capture and storage – in addition to a significant reduction in emissions – will be necessary in order to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels.
But what is carbon capture, how does it work, and what is its potential?
Dr. Howard Herzog, MIT Energy Initiative Senior Research Engineer, and a pioneer of carbon capture technology, joined Climate Now to help us understand carbon capture and storage and its role on our path to net-zero emissions.
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