Source: United States Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to implement the Direct Air Capture (DAC) Hub Program established under the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act the way Congress intended. Currently, DOE is imposing onerous, one-size-fits-all requirements on grant applicants, limiting the program’s ability to work.
“Congress designed this program to assist in deploying and bringing down the long-term cost of DAC. For this reason, we encourage the Department to implement the Direct Air Capture Program in accordance with congressional intent. Doing so will still support other forms of Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) and point source carbon capture enabled by the hub model,” wrote the senators.
“[W]e ask that the Department fulfill the intent of the legislation by considering the adjustments requested in this letter,” continued the senators.
Joining Senators Cramer and Cassidy are Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Mitt Romney (R-UT), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Susan Collins (R-ME), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Rob Portman (R-OH).
Click here to read the letter.