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Hub Dialogues: Roger Aines on being optimistic for carbon removal

Roger Aines, the Energy Program Chief Scientist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, discusses the current state of carbon removal technology, the challenges facing its development and scaling, and why he’s ultimately optimistic that we can overcome them.


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