This open letter calls for governments to hold fossil fuel producers accountable for mandatory carbon clean-up of the carbon dioxide pollution that their products and activities create.
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New Research Models Application of Extended Producer Responsibility to Fossil Fuel Industry
A new article published by Environmental Research Letters finds that requiring fossil fuel producers to pay for carbon cleanup is a solution that can achieve climate goals at a relatively affordable cost.
CCS works technologically. Its problem is an economic one.
Hugh Helferty, Margriet Kuijper and Myles Allen write a post breaking down why CCS isn't working as a large-scale climate solution.
Podcast: Making taxpayers pay for emissions makes no sense.
Hugh Helferty appeared on Mark LaCour's podcast "The Balance Point" to discuss how his career at ExxonMobil motivated him to found PACE and advocate for producer accountability.
The Big Interview: Hugh Helferty speaks to Air Quality News’ Martin Guttridge-Hewitt
Hugh Helferty speaks to Air Quality News for the September issue's "Big Interview," discussing the course of his career and how his experience led him to found PACE and advocate for a Carbon Takeback Obligation in order to reach net zero by 2050.
Livestream: Can, and Should, Fossil Fuel Companies be Obligated to Take Back Their CO2?
Hugh Helferty, Margriet Kuijper, and Myles Allen join Andrew Revkin's Sustain What webcast, a Columbia Climate School Earth Institute series, to discuss the reasoning behind the Carbon Takeback Obligation.
Opinion: We used to force oil companies to clean up their messes. Why is climate change different?
Hugh Helferty publishes article in The Hill in response to the Senate passing the Inflation Reduction Act. While a landmark step in the right direction, the bill still fails to hold fossil fuel producers accountable for their carbon emissions.
Canada’s oil industry stands at a crossroads: Decarbonize or suffer energy-transition shock
Hugh Helferty and Jane Savage publish article in Corporate Knights calling for the Canadian government and the Canadian oil and gas industry to take immediate, decisive action towards carbon emissions.
Getting to net zero through extended producer responsibility
Hugh Helferty publishes article in Journal of Advanced Manufacturing and Processing explaining the model of extended producer responsibility through a Carbon Takeback Obligation, first in the oil and gas industry and then in manufacturing as a whole.
Opinion: How to force Big Oil to pay for carbon cleanup
Hugh Helferty and Margriet Kuijper publish article in The San Francisco Chronicle responding to ExxonMobil and Chevron's annual shareholder meetings, where over two thirds of their respective shareholders rejected proposals to set medium-term and long-term targets for aligning their greenhouse gas emissions with the Paris Agreement on climate change.