Clean Air Task Force

About Clean Air Task Force

The CATF (Clean Air Task Force) is a charity that tasks itself with one (big!) mission: keeping carbon out of our atmosphere. They’ve taken this fight on in multiple ways: research, education, policy & tech advocacy, etc.  If, like us, you read that and think it sounds a little woolly, wait till you read the below:

During their first few years of operation in the late 90s, they pursued a federal rule-making campaign that led directly to a reduction in US coal-plants’ emissions, estimated to save nearly 13,000 lives per year.

In 2018, they led NGOs and the U.S. Government in the first efforts to support technologies to capture and store CO₂ from fossil fuel burning. That same year, Congress passed the FUTURE Act, which provides tax incentives up to $35 per ton of CO₂ for the use of carbon capture technologies. 

Their research and legislative agenda has proven highly effective in informing US government policy, and with operations expanding into Europe and Africa, is sure to have a similar impact across multiple continents. 

Why did we choose them? 

Founders Pledge, who you might be aware of, call them the 'top pick amongst climate change charities', with a 'strong track record of achieving state and federal policy change, and innovation in neglected low-carbon technologies.' 

Giving What We Can, another charity aggregation site, said that after an extensive evaluation, 'CATF is among the most cost-effective organisations working on climate change.' Charity Navigator, a US-based charity assessment body, also gave them a maximum rating for efficiency. 

In the hunt for a verifiably efficient environmental charity, CATF seems too strong a candidate to ignore. The fact that they're moving into the European sector also swayed our opinion. Whilst not opposed to charities which operate in the US only, we were keen to focus our efforts on a charity that has a good chance of impacting change here in the UK too.

Amount Given

£149.64 was the initial donation made to Clean Air Task Force. For any more information, feel free to reach out to us or you can read more about CATF here.