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Risk Assessment and Management Associated with CCS

2013
Scholarly Work
Behdeen Oraee-Mirzamani, Tim Cockerill, Zen Makuch
This paper carries out a policy review to assess the risks involved in the CCS industry and identifies uncertainties with regards to the risks that make policy making and insuring CCS projects very difficult.

The legal framework for carbon capture and storage (CCS)

2013
Scholarly Work
S. Bell
This book chapter provides an overview of relevant international law for CCS and an analysis of the key provisions of European Directive 2009/31/EC on the geological storage of CO2.

Legal Liability for Carbon Capture and Storage in Australia: Where Should the Losses Fall?

2012
Scholarly Work
Nicola Swayne, Angela Phillips
This article presents a critical analysis of the current and proposed CCS legal frameworks across a number of jurisdictions in Australia in order to examine the legal treatment of the risks of carbon leakage from CCS operations.

Can Governments Ensure Adherence to the Polluter Pays Principle in the Long-Term CCS Liability Context

2012
Scholarly Work
Paul Bailey, Elizabeth McCullough, Sonya Suter
This article analyzes possible regulatory frameworks to address long-term CCS liabilities from the perspective of the Polluter Pays Principle (“PPP”).

Financial Mechanisms for Long-term CO2 Storage Liabilities

2012
Think Tank Report
IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme (IEAGHG)
This report reviews current laws and emerging CCS specific regulations, in different regions of the world and under different legal frameworks, to investigate and assess the various potential financial mechanisms for supporting CO2 liability.

Managing the Risks of Carbon Sequestration: Liability Concerns and Alternatives

2012
Scholarly Work
Elizabeth Lokey Aldrich, Cassandra Koerner, Joseph C. Perkowski, Travis L. McLing
This chapter examines the risks and liabilities associated with CCS and builds on legacy legal arrangements for liability management from industry experience in the subsurface storage of petroleum and natural gas.

Carbon Capture and Sequestration: A Regulatory Gap Assessment

2012
Scholarly Work
Lincoln Davies, Kirsten Uchitel, John Ruple, Heather Tanana
This report identifies a need for a comprehensive CCS regulatory regime based around a cooperative federalism approach that directly addresses liability concerns and that generally does not upset traditional lines of federal-state authority.

A Cooperative Federalism Framework for CCS Regulation

2012
Scholarly Work
Jonas J. Monast, Brooks R. Pearson, Lincoln F. Pratson
This paper reviews the history of cooperative federalism and how it may provide a framework to determine appropriate roles for federal and state governments, and applies that framework to the gaps in the CCS regulatory structure.

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