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Canadian scientist and environmentalist David Keith on the energy transition and “Big Oil”

Mark Lowey
February 7, 2024

Renowned Canadian scientist and environmentalist David Keith talks about selling his pioneering carbon removal company to a U.S. oil giant, and the structural flaws in Canada’s innovation ecosystem.

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Organizations:	1PointFive, Arca, Carbon Engineering, Carleton University, Dalhousie University, Exxon Oil, Federal Republic of Germany, Foresight, Fraunhofer Institutes, Government of Alberta, Government of British Columbia, Government of Canada, Harvard University, Max Planck Society, Musk Foundation, Occidental Petroleum, Pathways Alliance, Planetary Technologies, Suncor Energy, Transition Accelerator, University of British Columbia, University of Calgary, and University of Chicago
People:	Bethany Ladd, David Keith, Elon Musk, Greg Dipple, James Meadowcroft, Peter Scheuermann, Rich Kruger, and Vicki Hollub
Topics:	"Big Oil" and climate change, acquisition of Canadian companies by foreign entities, B.C.'s Site C hydroelectric dam, carbon removal by accelerating rock weathering, carbon removal technologies, carbon removal using ocean alkalinity enhancement, carbon removal XPRIZE, Climate Change, CO2-enhanced oil recovery, decarbonizing within environmental and social constraints, direct air capture technology, direct air capture technology for making synthetic fuels, environmental footprint per unit of production, environmental movement in driving net-zero transition, federal and Alberta government incentives for CCUS, focusing power and money on one science or technology topic, Foresight 50 clean tech list, investment community pressures on oil companies, pathways to net-zero emissions, reducing carbon emissions in Alberta's oilsands, role of intensification in reducing environmental footprint, solar and nuclear power, STRATOS direct air capture facility, strengths of Canada's university system, structural flaws in Canada's innovation ecosystem, Time magazine's "Heroes of the environment", and wind power, biomass and hydroelectric power

Canadian scientist and environmentalist David Keith on the energy transition and “Big Oil”

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