Working Paper: Direct Air Capture: Assessing Impacts to Enable Responsible Scaling

Katie Lebling, Haley Leslie-Bole, Peter Psarras, Elizabeth Bridgwater, Zachary Byrum, Hélène Pilorgé on wri.org (World Resources Institute)

This paper discusses the expected environmental impacts (local and distributed) of building and operating Direct Air Capture (DAC) plants in the United States. It provides considerations related to decision-making and DAC siting, including responsible scaling and equitable distribution of benefits, as well as policy and procedural recommendations. The paper was written in collaboration between World Resources Institute and the University of Pennsylvania.

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