Carrie Danner joined the Great Plains Institute in 2023 and serves as the operations coordinator for the Carbon Management team. In her work, she supports all projects within the program to elevate operations, specifically in the grant making and event planning spaces. Carrie earned a bachelor’s degree from Knox College in environmental studies. Prior to joining GPI, she supported programs at the Conservation Corps of Minnesota & Iowa as their member experience administrator.
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Laying the Foundation of Cement and Concrete Decarbonization
Decarbonizing the industrial sector has long been challenging due to the number of different subsectors and the variety of emissions sources. This is the first post in a series that will break down the complexities of industrial emissions by walking through the top four industrial subsectors and how we can decarbonize them. First up, decarbonizing…
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Carbon Action Alliance Launches to Spur Carbon Reduction Efforts Nationwide
OCTOBER 26, 2022, NEW ORLEANS—The Great Plains Institute today launched the Carbon Action Alliance, a new initiative to align and grow a network of government, industry, labor, environmental, and community partners to work together toward a common goal of achieving economywide deployment of carbon management and industrial decarbonization technologies in the United States to achieve…
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Industrial Innovation: The Wins & The Work Still Ahead
I3 published its first consensus policy blueprint for decarbonizing the US industrial sector in November of 2021. Since then, the political and legislative landscape has changed significantly and the opportunities for industrial decarbonization have never been greater. Through recent industrial innovation policies, including Executive Orders, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), and the budget reconciliation package,…
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DOE Releases Industrial Decarbonization Roadmap
The Industrial Innovation Initiative (I3) released the following statement regarding the Department of Energy’s Industrial Decarbonization Road Map earlier this week. This statement may be attributed to Gabrielle Habeeb, Project Manager for the Industrial Innovation Initiative: “This week, the Department of Energy (DOE) released the DOE Industrial Decarbonization Roadmap. The announcement came during Wednesday’s…
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President Biden Signs Landmark Inflation Reduction Act
The Industrial Innovation Initiative (I3) released the following statement today regarding the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. This statement may be attributed to Gabrielle Habeeb, Project Manager for the Industrial Innovation Initiative: “Today, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into law, marking a historic investment in the solutions necessary…
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House Passes Inflation Reduction Act
The Industrial Innovation Initiative (I3) released the following statement today regarding the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. This statement may be attributed to Gabrielle Habeeb, Project Manager for the Industrial Innovation Initiative: “Today’s passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 by Congress marks a monumental investment in the solutions necessary to…
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Senate Passes Inflation Reduction Act
The Industrial Innovation Initiative (I3) released the following statement today regarding the Senate passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. This statement may be attributed to Gabrielle Habeeb, Project Manager for the Industrial Innovation Initiative: “After a busy weekend of negotiations, Senate Democrats passed historic budget reconciliation legislation on Sunday. The Inflation Reduction Act…
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Inflation Reduction Act Invests in Industrial Innovation
The Industrial Innovation Initiative (I3) released the following statement today regarding the proposed historic investments in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. This statement may be attributed to Gabrielle Habeeb, Project Manager for the Industrial Innovation Initiative: “Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced an agreement on budget reconciliation legislation…
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Our Work: I3 Responds to Michigan Climate Plan Industrial Provisions
On April 18, 2022, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer released Michigan’s Healthy Climate Plan for midcentury decarbonization. Since September 2020, The Michigan Council on Climate Solutions — an advisory body in the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) — has been working with stakeholders to develop strategies to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 52…
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Our Work: I3 Responds to DOE Requests for Information
With the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the US Department of Energy (DOE) and its associated offices have made formal requests for information (RFIs) to help build an understanding of how to best implement the IIJA’s various provisions. The Industrial Innovation Initiative (I3) submitted responses to four of the relevant RFIs….