Clean Air Task Force

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Clean Air Task Force

• www.catf.us
• S. Ming Sung

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Mission and Approach

• Mission
• Reduce harmful human impacts on Earths
  atmosphere.
• Dual approach
• Tighten regulation of emissions sources through
  advocacy
• Get cleaner technology to market faster through
  business-to-business strategy and business
  collaboration.
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Organizational Profile

• Non-profit US corporation founded in 1996
• Senior professionals including scientists,
  engineers, MBAs, lawyers, and outreach
  professionals
• Governing board of senior energy industry
  executives and environmental advocates
• Advisory Board of leading atmospheric scientists
  and energy experts
• Headquartered in Boston with offices in the
  Midwest and Washington DC, and collaborating
  partners in the EU, China, and India
• Nearly all of our funding at present comes from
  foundations we do not accept corporate or
  government money

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Major CATF Project Areas

• Commercialize low carbon coal technologies
  (gasification, CCS) by supporting real projects
  and business development
• Advise US Congress and US EPA on climate policy,
  including regulation of power sector carbon
  emissions
• Collaborations with academic institutions,
  industry and government to develop advanced
  climate technology (e.g. advanced post-combustion
  capture, CO2 capture from air, biochar, advanced
  automotive design and transportation systems)
• Reducing health damaging and climate warming
  emissions

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Profile of CATF Coal-Related Work

• In US
• Support specific gasification and CCS projects
  (e.g. Duke Indiana IGCC) before regulatory bodies
• Advocate for state and federal laws and
  incentives to move US new coal build away from
  pulverized coal to sequestration-compatible
  technologies
• Strategic support to develop US CCS pipelines
• Chart research development and deployment (RDD)
  for advanced low carbon coal technologies
• In India and China
• Facilitate global joint ventures to produce
  better, less expensive low carbon coal
  technologies
• With Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, and
  in-country partners, help ensure environmental
  sound siting and operation by developing best
  practice guides.