# cdr (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover cdr. Page: Feed: --- ## [Retire the concept of residual emissions](https://marginalcarbon.substack.com/p/retire-the-concept-of-residual-emissions) _2026-08-11 · Robert Höglund · Marginal Carbon_ Either you accept carbon removal as a climate solution, or you reject it to avoid lock-in. Either way, residual emissions is not a thing. ## [Portfolio Spotlight: AEROC — Giving Enhanced Rock Weathering Its Eyes](https://carbondrawdown.substack.com/p/portfolio-spotlight-aeroc-giving) _2026-08-06 · Carolina Rabini · CDR Updates from Carbon Drawdown Initiative_ This series highlights the companies Carbon Drawdown Initiative has invested in. ## [Carbon Drawdown Initiative Touches 5-10% of the CDR Workforce. Here’s What That Means.](https://carbondrawdown.substack.com/p/carbon-drawdown-initiative-touches) _2026-08-05 · Carolina Rabini · CDR Updates from Carbon Drawdown Initiative_ One in ten people working in carbon removal is connected to our portfolio. I'm proud of that number, but it also tells a bigger story. ## [Portfolio Spotlight: CREW Turns Wastewater into a Carbon Sink](https://carbondrawdown.substack.com/p/portfolio-spotlight-crew-turns-wastewater) _2026-07-30 · Carolina Rabini · CDR Updates from Carbon Drawdown Initiative_ This series highlights the companies Carbon Drawdown Initiative has invested in. ## [The main thing holding carbon removal back](https://marginalcarbon.substack.com/p/the-main-thing-holding-carbon-removal) _2026-07-24 · Robert Höglund · Marginal Carbon_ The EU sees CDR as equal to other mitigation solutions, the SBTi does not and needs to justify why. ## [\[RESEND\] Where does the CO₂-removal potential of enhanced weathering actually go?](https://carbondrawdown.substack.com/p/resend-where-does-the-co-removal) _2026-07-20 · Dirk Paessler · CDR Updates from Carbon Drawdown Initiative_ THIS IS A CORRECTION: Earlier today we unfortunately sent out an old version of this article. ## [To produce high weathering effects, we turned our greenhouse "up to 11": but where on Earth would that be?](https://carbondrawdown.substack.com/p/to-produce-high-weathering-effects) _2026-07-18 · Dirk Paessler · CDR Updates from Carbon Drawdown Initiative_ When we set up our greenhouse experiment in 2023 we deliberately maximised weathering to get the strongest possible signal: we turned every dial to "11", soil held at 19–30 °C, plants growing throughout the year, and we aimed for a lavish ~2,000 mm of irrigation a year (in summer we even had to apply up to 4000 mm, because otherwise we would not have collected enough leachate to measure carbon… ## [Is 2026 the Year European Carbon Removal Policy Finally Breaks Through?](https://carbondrawdown.substack.com/p/is-2026-the-year-european-carbon) _2026-07-01 · Carolina Rabini · CDR Updates from Carbon Drawdown Initiative_ A Symposium highlight from the Negative Emissions Platform's Secretary General and why his answer matters for the whole industry ## [Pennsylvania’s HB2650 - a useful regulation makes no one entirely happy](https://telborg.substack.com/p/pennsylvanias-hb2650-a-useful-regulation) _2026-06-28 · Soumya Gupta · Telborg - Daily Construction & Power Alerts for Texas DCs_ The biggest problem plaguing the AI infra buildout is uncertainty. ## [A Tour of Our CDR Greenhouse Experiment](https://carbondrawdown.substack.com/p/a-tour-of-our-cdr-greenhouse-experiment) _2026-06-25 · Carolina Rabini · CDR Updates from Carbon Drawdown Initiative_ The welcome talk we gave at our greenhouse — for everyone who couldn't be there. ## [Save with community-voted codes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/qU7ERodfU18J) _2026-06-25 · **Sponsored**_ Search thousands of community-verified coupon codes — 100% free, no account needed. ## [Three Observations from the Carbon Drawdown Symposium](https://carbondrawdown.substack.com/p/three-observations-from-the-carbon) _2026-06-23 · Carolina Rabini · CDR Updates from Carbon Drawdown Initiative_ Progress, open questions, and what comes next. ## [The Carbon Drawdown Symposium begins tomorrow.](https://carbondrawdown.substack.com/p/the-carbon-drawdown-symposium-begins) _2026-06-15 · Carolina Rabini · CDR Updates from Carbon Drawdown Initiative_ 12 presentations. 9 research questions. Real data, live for the first time. ## [Panasonic EV Battery plants will produce cells for Data Center Energy Storage](https://telborg.substack.com/p/panasonic-ev-battery-plants-will) _2026-06-14 · Soumya Gupta · Telborg - Daily Construction & Power Alerts for Texas DCs_ Cells in Kansas, Modules in Japan & Mexico, Doubling down on the DC energy storage bet ## [One week until the Carbon Drawdown Symposium](https://carbondrawdown.substack.com/p/one-week-until-the-carbon-drawdown) _2026-06-10 · Carolina Rabini · CDR Updates from Carbon Drawdown Initiative_ On 16 June, we will open our measurement dataset on enhanced rock weathering live, in public, for the first time. ## [Corporate net zero is not a target](https://marginalcarbon.substack.com/p/corporate-net-zero-is-not-a-target) _2026-06-04 · Robert Höglund · Marginal Carbon_ It is a vision with a target component, and an obligation to make that vision a reality, even when it doesn't show up in GHG accounting. ## [Personal view from a newcomer in CDR about ERW](https://carbondrawdown.substack.com/p/personal-view-from-a-newcomer-in) _2026-05-18 · Carolina Rabini · CDR Updates from Carbon Drawdown Initiative_ A guest post by our intern, Tina vom Hagen ## [Flower power in the greenhouse: Small strips, big impact](https://carbondrawdown.substack.com/p/flower-power-in-the-greenhouse-small) _2026-05-11 · Carolina Rabini · CDR Updates from Carbon Drawdown Initiative_ Guest post by our intern, Tina vom Hagen ## [US Data Centres Legislation - North Carolina vs Pennsylvania bills](https://telborg.substack.com/p/us-data-centres-legislation-north) _2026-05-07 · Soumya Gupta · Telborg - Daily Construction & Power Alerts for Texas DCs_ The US state of North Carolina is deliberating its bill for large-load customers (peak electricity demand of 40MW or greater OR water consumption exceeding 1 billion litres annually), intended to regulate data centre development in the state. ## [How many industries will Data Centres breathe life into?](https://telborg.substack.com/p/how-many-industries-will-data-centres) _2026-05-01 · Soumya Gupta · Telborg - Daily Construction & Power Alerts for Texas DCs_ TL;DR: At least 3 - Commercial Real Estate, Solar Power, Solar Module Manufacturing. And maybe Offshore Wind as well? There is, of course, nuclear! ## [Announcing Carbon Drawdown Symposium 2026](https://carbondrawdown.substack.com/p/announcing-carbon-drawdown-symposium) _2026-04-27 · Carolina Rabini · CDR Updates from Carbon Drawdown Initiative_ 400 Pots, Three Years, and the Results Are (Almost) In ## [AI publishing with human taste (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ahUSwUsN6kEQ) _2026-04-27 · **Sponsored**_ Convert AI research into blogs, podcasts, and newsletters with optional human review. ## [Portfolio Spotlight: NeoCarbon — Turning Data Center Waste Heat into Cooling Efficiency & Carbon Removal](https://carbondrawdown.substack.com/p/portfolio-spotlight-neocarbon-turning) _2026-04-15 · Carolina Rabini · CDR Updates from Carbon Drawdown Initiative_ This series highlights the companies Carbon Drawdown Initiative has invested in. ## [Portfolio Spotlight: sequestra — Turning Industrial Waste into Permanent Carbon Storage](https://carbondrawdown.substack.com/p/portfolio-spotlight-sequestra-turning) _2026-04-01 · Carolina Rabini · CDR Updates from Carbon Drawdown Initiative_ This series highlights the companies Carbon Drawdown Initiative has invested in. ## [Startup CEOs providing regular updates to investors have a higher success rate](https://carbondrawdown.substack.com/p/startup-ceos-providing-regular-updates) _2026-03-30 · Carolina Rabini · CDR Updates from Carbon Drawdown Initiative_ By Dirk Paessler, Founder/CEO of Carbon Drawdown Initiative ## [The fight over what counts toward targets misses a bigger question](https://marginalcarbon.substack.com/p/allow-companies-to-reach-net-zero) _2026-03-17 · Robert Höglund · Marginal Carbon_ First published in Trellis ## [(9/9) Overall Discussion and Conclusion](https://carbondrawdown.substack.com/p/99-overall-discussion-and-conclusion) _2026-03-16 · Carolina Rabini · CDR Updates from Carbon Drawdown Initiative_ We recommend starting with the intro in Part 1 of this series. ## [(8/9) Substituting TA measurements with EC measurements](https://carbondrawdown.substack.com/p/89-substituting-ta-measurements-with) _2026-03-09 · Carolina Rabini · CDR Updates from Carbon Drawdown Initiative_ We recommend starting with the intro in Part 1 of this series. ## [(7/9) EC’s Proxy Performance for Individual Treatments (Micro-Scale)](https://carbondrawdown.substack.com/p/79-ecs-proxy-performance-for-individual) _2026-03-02 · Carolina Rabini · CDR Updates from Carbon Drawdown Initiative_ We recommend starting with the intro in Part 1 of this series. ## [Creating An Autonomous AI Agent That Acts as Evangelist for Carbon Dioxide Removal](https://carbondrawdown.substack.com/p/creating-an-autonomous-ai-agent-that) _2026-02-28 · Dirk Paessler · CDR Updates from Carbon Drawdown Initiative_ In One Day! ## [The Carbon removal sector needs a new story](https://marginalcarbon.substack.com/p/the-carbon-removal-sector-needs-a) _2026-02-04 · Robert Höglund · Marginal Carbon_ From speed and scale to prove and learn ## [Net zero targets are conditional](https://marginalcarbon.substack.com/p/net-zero-targets-are-conditional) _2026-01-21 · Robert Höglund · Marginal Carbon_ Introducing a new lens on corporate net zero ## [Stop CI/CD & Supply-Chain Attacks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/gysCRLjU5oqU) _2026-01-21 · **Sponsored**_ Per-PR: 17 CI/CD checks and package malware scans with inline Check Run findings. ## [Aviation, not shipping, drives EU CO₂ demand under current fuel mandates](https://marginalcarbon.substack.com/p/aviation-not-shipping-drives-eu-co) _2026-01-13 · Robert Höglund · Marginal Carbon_ Europe will need significant volumes of CO₂ to meet the criteria in predominantly ReFuelEU, and even more to reach net zero across the two sectors ## [Will the EU & UK ETS decarbonize industry and drive demand for CDR?](https://marginalcarbon.substack.com/p/will-the-eu-and-uk-ets-decarbonize) _2025-11-24 · Robert Höglund · Marginal Carbon_ Tax payers may need to spend more than we are preparing for. ## [Carbon removal is mitigation, stop treating it as a last resort](https://marginalcarbon.substack.com/p/everyone-says-we-need-cdr-but-no) _2025-11-06 · Robert Höglund · Marginal Carbon_ If you restrict removal use for "unavoidable" emissions, you end up using it for nothing. We need to treat CDR as any other mitigation solution, and let markets allocate its use. ## [Global Food Systems, Exotic Data Centres, Mangroves are good for housing prices](https://telborg.substack.com/p/global-food-systems-exotic-data-centres) _2025-10-03 · Soumya Gupta · Telborg - Daily Construction & Power Alerts for Texas DCs_ Better insulation paper in transformers could save billions; Nordea's insights on Nordic Power Sector ## [Aluminium scrap recycling, China's NDC, Drone swarms](https://telborg.substack.com/p/drone-swarms-chinas-ndc-aluminium) _2025-09-25 · Soumya Gupta · Telborg - Daily Construction & Power Alerts for Texas DCs_ Recycling Aluminium for high-grade applications ## [Ocean-based CDR costs, California-Brazil Climate partnership, HKEX carbon markets MoU](https://telborg.substack.com/p/ocean-based-cdr-costs-california) _2025-09-24 · Soumya Gupta · Telborg - Daily Construction & Power Alerts for Texas DCs_ Mapping the UK's magnetic field; ## [Where policy shuts out CDR - and how to change it](https://marginalcarbon.substack.com/p/where-policy-shuts-out-cdr-and-how) _2025-09-23 · Robert Höglund · Marginal Carbon_ Current policy blocks CDR from being part of shipping and aviation in ways that are not widely understood. But there are solutions. ## [China BRI Investment Report, Tennessee Valley Fusion LoI, Meta to enter power trading](https://telborg.substack.com/p/china-bri-investment-report-tennessee) _2025-09-22 · Soumya Gupta · Telborg - Daily Construction & Power Alerts for Texas DCs_ Local Deforestation reduces precipitation in the Amazon rainforest; China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Investment Report 2025 H1; Tennessee Valley Authority signs LoI for Fusion; ## [Sustainable Aviation Fuel - what's new?](https://telborg.substack.com/p/sustainable-aviation-fuel-whats-new) _2025-09-18 · Soumya Gupta · Telborg - Daily Construction & Power Alerts for Texas DCs_ Brazil’s new facility will make SAF from macaúba palms; Better bioethanol purity using membranes; Engineering plants for lower lignin (fibre) content ## [Offshore Wind, WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement, UK-US Tech Prosperity Deal](https://telborg.substack.com/p/offshore-wind-wto-fisheries-subsidies) _2025-09-17 · Soumya Gupta · Telborg - Daily Construction & Power Alerts for Texas DCs_ Meet Irodogorgia chewbacca, or the Chewbacca coral, a new species of coral discovered in the western Pacific.