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Peter Minor @peterminor.bsky.social · Sep 9

Northern Trust is leading the way when it comes to regulated credit issuance. We're excited to be working together to bring independent quality and governance expertise to their registry!

Peter Minor @peterminor.bsky.social · Jul 30

Always fun to talk to Benjamin @cleantechnica.bsky.social! He asks such specific and unexpected questions. My favorite:

❓What are the main unsolved questions in CDR?

💡Market imbalances due to poor accounting may inadvertently prevent us from achieving net zero

cleantechnica.com/2025/07/30/a...

Absolute Climate Co-Founder Peter Minor Speaks Carbon Removal - CleanTechnica

You’re a Co-Founder of Absolute Climate. When was the first time you heard about carbon removal? My first real conversation on the topic was in 2014. I was a grad student at UC Berkeley when someone f...

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Peter Minor @peterminor.bsky.social · May 22

He’s the best!

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Rob Watson @kilrwat.bsky.social · May 22

Very excited to join this important effort!

Peter Minor @peterminor.bsky.social · May 22

When designed properly, standards are more than science. They ensure consistency and quality at scale.

No one knows how to do this better than Rob Watson (@kilrwat.bsky.social), the founder of the LEED Green Building Standard. Today, he's joining the @absoluteclimate.bsky.social advisory board.

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Peter Minor @peterminor.bsky.social · May 22

Read more here:
www.globenewswire.com/news-release...

Rob Watson, “Father of LEED,” Joins Absolute Climate Advisory Board

Sustainable leader joins to help shape standards and ensure scientific integrity in carbon removal...

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Peter Minor @peterminor.bsky.social · May 22

Rob now wants to help us have the same level of impact on CDR. He'll be advising us on the development of the Absolute Carbon Standard (ACS), and our approach to deploying it globally.

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Peter Minor @peterminor.bsky.social · May 22

The LEED Green Building Standard is one of the most impactful climate standards ever created:

🌍 Certified over 100K buildings in 180+ countries
⬇️ Reduced 78M tonnes of CO₂
🏗️ Created buildings that use 25% less energy and 11% less water

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Peter Minor @peterminor.bsky.social · May 22

When designed properly, standards are more than science. They ensure consistency and quality at scale.

No one knows how to do this better than Rob Watson (@kilrwat.bsky.social), the founder of the LEED Green Building Standard. Today, he's joining the @absoluteclimate.bsky.social advisory board.

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Peter Minor @peterminor.bsky.social · May 13

Direct link to the DAC module for the impatient: absoluteclimate.notion.site/direct-air-c...

Direct Air Capture and Storage | Notion

Version 1.0

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Peter Minor @peterminor.bsky.social · May 13

The Absolute Carbon Standard is now officially ready for DAC 😤

We've published DAC + storage modules for public consultation. We'd love feedback on any areas where it needs to be improved.

Absolute Climate @absoluteclimate.bsky.social · May 13

Absolute Climate's DAC + Storage Methodology is now open for public comment! This methodology is aligned with the Absolute Carbon Standard (ACS). It's designed to make sure credits are transparent, comparable, and that credit claims always match their climate impacts. (1/3)

Direct Air Capture and Storage | Notion

Version 1.0

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Peter Minor @peterminor.bsky.social · Apr 29

Another fantastic post by Na'im Merchant and @carbonremovers.bsky.social

My favorite line: "Canada offers something increasingly hard to find: a stable, supportive policy environment for carbon removal innovation”

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Canada: a safe haven for carbon removal innovation in an uncertain world

Post-election, Canada is positioned for global leadership in carbon removal technology right when the world needs it most

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Peter Minor @peterminor.bsky.social · Apr 17

If you know Adam, you know he’s not just one of the most technically capable people in CDR, but he also brings his personal integrity into the work he does. He deeply believes that it’s possible to build scalable MRV without compromising on the climate benefits delivered by CDR.

Welcome Adam!

Absolute Climate @absoluteclimate.bsky.social · Apr 17

Absolute Climate is growing! Meet Adam Ward — our new Certification Lead. He’s bringing deep expertise to help expand our standard and keep our certification sharp, transparent, and trusted. t.co/0G8XBNZkYv

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Peter Minor @peterminor.bsky.social · Apr 17

Thank you Erin and Giana for contributing your expertise to our missions to bring independent and universal standards to our industry!

Peter Minor @peterminor.bsky.social · Apr 17

Critically, they also deeply understand the role MRV must play so CDR delivers on climate promises. They’ll be advising the Absolute Climate team on how to support US policymakers, and influencing our strategy to ensure high-accountability MRV embeds into future policy opportunities.

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Peter Minor @peterminor.bsky.social · Apr 17

Erin and Giana built the foundation for CDR policy, and continue to lead the way through their work at @carbon180.bsky.social and @weremovecarbon.bsky.social respectively.

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Peter Minor @peterminor.bsky.social · Apr 17

Ensuring that accountable standards underpin the CDR industry requires more than science. Policymaking is critical.

For this reason, I feel beyond lucky to share that @erinmburns.bsky.social and Giana Amador are joining as inaugural members of the @absoluteclimate.bsky.social advisory board! 🥳

Absolute Climate @absoluteclimate.bsky.social · Apr 17

We’re working to build a more transparent, accountable carbon removal market.

To support that work, we’ve formed a new advisory board: Giana Amador & @erinmburns.bsky.social — two leaders in policy, markets, and climate innovation.

Meet them → tinyurl.com/5f93whtf

Absolute Climate Announces Advisory Board and Key Hire to Advance Independent Standard for Carbon Removal

Additions bring policy, science, and market expertise to support the development of clear and credible carbon removal standardsSAN FRANCISCO, April 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Absolute Climate, the c...

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Peter Minor @peterminor.bsky.social · Apr 8

This is what I'm talking about! CDR has a massive political role to play on ensuring equitable trade between industrial economies. @weremovecarbon.bsky.social continues to show that they have a strong vision for the future of CDR policy in the US.

www.carbonremovalalliance.org/policy-work/...

The newly-introduced Foreign Pollution Fee Act could help grow America’s carbon removal industry

There's been a lot of talk about tariffs lately, but one tariff deserves our attention: a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. It includes carbon removal.

www.carbonremovalalliance.org

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Peter Minor @peterminor.bsky.social · Apr 2

Building a scalable and accountable carbon removal industry requires early demand. Learnings from real deployments are the best way to drive down MRV uncertainty and develop new innovations.

That's why I'm excited to join the CDR Demand session at Carbon Unbound East Coast, May 20-21 in NYC.

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Peter Minor @peterminor.bsky.social · Mar 25

Vesta has spent more than a decade developing world-class mCDR MRV capabilities, making them the perfect partners for this milestone. We’re looking forward to showing more about what we’ve built together in the near future.

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Peter Minor @peterminor.bsky.social · Mar 25

At @absoluteclimate.bsky.social, we apply universal assessment criteria to all projects — meaning we hold an mCDR approach to the same standard as BiCRS or DAC. We can remove uncertainty about whether a mCDR project has been scoped properly, or if the monitoring requirements will hold up over time.

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Peter Minor @peterminor.bsky.social · Mar 25

This is a big one for us! We’re partnering with Vesta to apply the Absolute Carbon Standard to marine CDR for the first time.

mCDR is often treated as a 2nd class citizen, because of the challenge of connecting project claims to atmospheric impacts. We want to fix this.

Absolute Climate @absoluteclimate.bsky.social · Mar 25

Our mission at Absolute Climate is to ensure that credit claims match climate impacts. Today we’re proud to share that we’re teaming up with Project Vesta to extend that mission into marine carbon removal. (1/2)

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Peter Minor @peterminor.bsky.social · Feb 28

Building the standards and certification processes needed for gigaton-scale CDR is complex, and there won’t be a single “right” answer. But having multiple approaches in the market increases the chances that we’ll land on solutions that actually help CDR scale.

Peter Minor @peterminor.bsky.social · Feb 28

CDR needs an accounting system that ensures scale-up aligns with climate goals. One-size-fits-all won’t cut it. That’s why Absolute Climate uses emissions flux models—giving buyers a clear, apples-to-apples way to compare projects.

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Peter Minor @peterminor.bsky.social · Feb 28

Really appreciate this opinion piece by Freya, Zeke, and Kata. I totally agree. “What is CDR” is the wrong question. The real question is: Does a project deliver the right climate impact?

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CarbonPlan @carbonplan.org · Feb 25

There’s an ongoing debate over what should “count” as CO₂ removal. In a new commentary with @hausfath.bsky.social, we break down key points of contention, proposed definitions, and why no definition offers a perfect path forward. (1/5)

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“What is CDR?” is the wrong question – CarbonPlan

We summarize the ongoing debate around what “counts” as CDR, highlighting the trade-offs of each proposed definition. We suggest an alternative set of questions that can provide a more meaningful guid...

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Peter Minor @peterminor.bsky.social · Feb 7

I’m excited to be joining the Carbon Removal Alliance Science Advisory Board, because no one does this better than Giana and team. We’re going to keep pushing towards a future with gigatons of accountable carbon removal that deliver on climate promises.

Thank you to CRA!

Deepening our carbon removal brain trust

We’re launching our Science Advisory Board and adding Energy alum Noah Deich to our board

www.carbonremovalalliance.org

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