Special Episode: What does the $25M Frontier offtake agreement mean for CarbonRun?

Episode 43 is with Luke Connell and Shannon Sterling

As we wrap up Climate Week NYC today, I wanted to share a special episode with the CarbonRun leadership team on their exciting $25M offtake agreement with Frontier Climate - probably the biggest carbon removal news of Climate Week. It even hit the front page of the New York Times. We talk about what they’ve been up to leading to this announcement, and what this major milestone means for their company and the communities they work with.

In this episode, Na’im, Luke, and Shannon discuss: 

* The origins and mission of Carbon Run; 

* Luke's journey into carbon removal and entrepreneurship; 

* Shannon's extensive background in environmental science and working in communities

* The science and benefits of river alkalinity enhancement;

* Challenges and opportunities in scaling this technology;

* The significance of their recent offtake agreement with Frontier;

* The economic and ecological co-benefits of their approach;

* Effective community engagement and maintaining public trust; and

* Policy and regulatory needs for advancing carbon removal.

Relevant Links:

* CarbonRun Website

* New York Times article on CarbonRun

* Frontier Climate CarbonRun offtake details

* What is CarbonRun - YouTube

* Nova Scotia's rivers still suffer from acid rain. Restoring them could also help the climate - CBC News

* Where Ideas Meet Impact: Hydrologist's research positions her to take a global lead in atmospheric carbon dioxide removal - Dalhousie University

* Frontier Climate website

About CarbonRun

Founded and developed in Nova Scotia by an environmental scientist and freshwater ecologist, CarbonRun’s team of experts are dedicated to restoring rivers damaged by pollution to protect aquatic life. Its founders are global experts on river ecosystem health with decades of applied experience restoring rivers.

About Luke Connell

Over his career, Luke Connell has strived to bridge the gap between social impact and entrepreneurialism, finding his path to CDR in 2020. Prior to co-founding CarbonRun, he led an innovation based, national charity and co-owned a popular, 3 location Toronto restaurant. He has a proven track record as a small-business founder and team builder. Luke sits on various charitable boards and actively invests in promising sustainability companies. He lives in Toronto with his wife, 2 children and dog Rudy.

About Shannon Sterling

Shannon Sterling, PhD (Duke) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth and  Environmental Sciences at Dalhousie University, and an internationally-recognized expert in  catchment hydrology and biogeochemistry, with specific expertise in freshwater acidification and  climate change. Her research group has studied the hydrology and watersheds of Nova Scotia for the  past 15 years and led the discovery that