William Woodruff

Vice President of Public & Governmental Affairs, KIRBY CORP

Search every verified William Woodruff interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. William Woodruff, Vice President of Public & Governmental Affairs at Kirby, stated that carbon sequestration is the most disruptive technology for aviation and the globe. He said that carbon sequestration is "the only answer that we have to get the globe to zero that anyone has today," and that it is "just a matter of cost." Woodruff expressed personal support for a carbon tax, arguing it would "drive the incentives correctly for carbon sequestration." Woodruff also emphasized the importance of travel for global connectivity, describing the loss of such connections during the COVID-19 pandemic as making "the world a more dangerous place." He noted that United Airlines was partnered with Occidental and 1Point5 in what he described as "the world's largest and first commercial scale carbon sequestration plant."