{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67a826893eadb4f808f606d8/67d1d188198b6cba3917cba6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"EP4 - Skeptics vs Believers: Is Direct Air Capture Hope or Hype? (Season 1 Finale)","description":"<p>Host <strong>Ed Whittingham</strong> closes out Season 1 by examining the case <em>against</em> Direct Air Capture by one its harshest critics, <strong>Al Gore</strong>, followed by the counterarguments of supporters. Will DAC live up to its hype and potential to help cool a warming planet?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Guests include:&nbsp;</strong></p><ul><li>Greg Nemet, professor at the University of Wisconsin</li><li>Klaus Lackner, professor at Arizona State University</li><li>David Keith, professor at the University of Chicago and a DAC pioneer who founded the company Carbon Engineering</li><li>Sara Hastings-Simon, professor at the University of Calgary</li><li>Christian Theuer, Policy Communications Lead at Heirloom</li><li>Jim McDermott, co-founder and the managing partner of Rusheen Capital Management, LLC</li><li>Éric St-Pierre, Executive Director of the Trottier Family Foundation</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Learn more at<a href=\"http://www.scrubbingthesky.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> www.scrubbingthesky.com</a></p><p>Follow us on:<a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/scrubbing-the-sky/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> LinkedIn</a> |<a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/scrubbingthesky.bsky.social\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Bluesky</a> |<a href=\"https://youtube.com/@scrubbingthesky?feature=shared\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> YouTube</a></p><p>__</p><p><em>Produced by</em><a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/atandon1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em> Amit Tandon &amp;</em></a><a href=\"https://www.bespokepodcasts.ca/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em> Bespoke Podcasts</em>.</a></p><p><em>The podcast is part of the</em><a href=\"https://carbonherald.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em> Carbon Herald’s</em></a><em> podcast network.</em></p>","author_name":"Ed Whittingham & Amit Tandon"}