The Bipartisan Infrastructure and Jobs Act was passed on November 5, 2022 and signed by President Biden on November 15, includes groundbreaking provisions needed to commercialize carbon management, industrial decarbonization technologies and infrastructure at scale required to meet midcentury decarbonization goals. I3, in collaboration with the Carbon Capture Coalition and Regional Carbon Capture Deployment Initiative, created a factsheet summarizing the key provisions related to their work.
Dr. Ankita Gangotra Associate, WRI United States Dr. Ankita Gangotra is an Associate in WRI’s US Climate Program, researching avenues to decarbonize the industrial sector, focusing on cement and steel decarbonization, environmental trade policies and international cooperation. Prior to joining WRI, Ankita was a postdoctoral research fellow in the School of Foreign Service and the Department of Physics at Georgetown University. Her research looked at the readily available technology and policy options for upgrading low-carbon cement production in the United States. Ankita has an integrated Master's in Electronics Engineering with Nanotechnology from the University of York, UK (2015) and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Auckland, New Zealand (2020). During her time in New Zealand, Ankita interned at the Office of the Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor looking into equity, diversity and inclusion policy options for New Zealand’s science, research and innovation workforce.