Nature – Scott-Buechler et al. (2024): Communities conditionally support deployment of direct air capture for carbon dioxide removal in the United States
Celina Scott-Buechler, Bruce Cain, Khalid Osman, Nicole M. Ardoin, Catherine Fraser, Grace Adcox, Emily Polk, Robert B. Jackson IN: Communications Earth & Environment, 5, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01334-6
Direct air capture has gained traction as a method for carbon dioxide removal. How and whether direct air capture can be deployed requires securing social license to operate, and increasingly demands environmental justice and just transition principles. Here the authors use a nationally representative survey to evaluate public perceptions of direct air capture, paired with focus groups to assess community perceptions across four communities in the United States: Houston, Texas; Monaca, Pennsylvania; Bakersfield, California; and Rock Springs, Wyoming.