Ed Steadman is a Senior Research Advisor at the EERC, where he is responsible for development, marketing, management, and dissemination of commercially oriented research and development of programs focused on the environmental effects of power and natural resource production. He currently serves as the Program Manager for the Plains CO₂ Reduction (PCOR) Partnership, one of seven regional partnerships funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership Program, to assess the technical and economic feasibility of capturing and storing (sequestering CO₂ emissions from stationary sources in the northern Great Plains and adjacent area. Mr. Steadman's principal area of expertise is carbon sequestration. He holds an M.A. in Geology from UND and a B.S. in Geology from the University of Pennsylvania-Edinboro.