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At a global level, the climate crisis is at once devilishly complex and requires urgent action. Policymakers, advocacy organizations, companies and activists must find ways to cooperate and thread the needle of taking steps today that will lay the foundations for meeting all of our energy needs cleanly over the next decade, as well as

We are thrilled to share the following report outlining our leadership throughout 2020. From our expansion in the EU to helping secure $125B for five years of energy technology at the United States federal level—CATF was in the driver’s seat despite a tumultuous year.

BRUSSELS, Feb. 15, 2020 – Clean Air Task Force (CATF) has joined Zero Emissions Platform (ZEP), the EU Commission’s technical advisor on the deployment of carbon capture, removal, and storage technologies in Europe. CATF joins a coalition of experts and organizations who recognize that carbon capture, removal, and storage will play a crucial role in […]

On February 1, 2021, Wendy Jacobs, the Chair of CATF’s Board of Directors, died after a valiant struggle with an illness. Wendy joined CATF’s Board in 2016, and become our board Chair in 2018. Wendy first became associated with CATF through her position as the Emmett Clinical Professor of Environmental Law and Harvard Law School […]

Reducing Methane, Black Carbon and HFCs Critical to Slowing Global Warming in Next 2-3 Decades; Groups Seek Commitments Before Global Climate Summit

“What makes CATF different is that you are able to accurately size-up the climate change challenge before us and equipped to do something about it.” -Ralph Taylor, CATF donor partner Ralph Taylor and Flo Brown have been donor partners of Clean Air Task Force since 2019, however, Ralph has been a passionate advocate for the […]

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2020 – Today in the US House of Representatives, four Members of Congress introduced a landmark bill to advance essential infrastructure to enable carbon capture, utilization, removal, and storage as a critical means of reducing CO2 from hard-to-decarbonize sectors on the road to net- zero emissions by mid-century. The SCALE Act (Storing […]

Over the past few weeks, the Clean Air Task Force has been honored by multiple endorsements from leading philanthropic research evaluators for our impact and the effectiveness of our work. Endorsements like the one we received from international London-based charity evaluator, Founders Pledge, included an expanded charity report on our work and outlines why they […]