In our very first episode Adam chats with OpenAir co-founder Chris Neidl (@neidl_c) about our inaugural policy advocacy efforts related to low carbon concrete in New York – where it came from, why it’s relevant to carbon removal and DACC, where things currently stand, and how its starting to spread to other places.

1:50 – Why OpenAir is involved in low carbon concrete

4:48 – Origins of New York State LECCLA legislation

6:23 – What the LECCLA bill would do as law

8:20 – CCU /Low carbon concrete and cement 101

13:00 – “The math in the sky” – why carbon removal and DACC are essential

18:44 – Getting to carbon negative (positive?) concrete

20:57 – Binging action: the open, informality of OpenAir’s concrete activism

24:40 – Joining the Collective

Links:

– The NYS Low Embodied Carbon Concrete Leadership Act (LECCLA) bill shorturl.at/wFQ67 – LECCLA explainer video: justification and policy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfmwM…

– LECCLA campaign site: www.openaircollective.cc/leccla (sign up and join!)

– “Can the concrete jungle sink carbon?” American Prospect piece about LECCLA and why it matters (Feb 2020). https://prospect.org/environment/can-…

– “Minimizing CO2 in Concrete Today” – Twenty-Something minutes with Zach Grasley [Video]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9qcz…