Removing Carbon Dioxide Through Ocean Fertilization: Legal Challenges and Opportunities
This paper explores the application of existing international and domestic (U.S.) law to ocean fertilization research and deployment.
The Law of Enhanced Weathering for Carbon Dioxide Removal
This paper examines the international and U.S. legal framework for enhanced weathering on land and in ocean waters.
S.383 – Utilizing Significant Emissions with Innovative Technologies Act or the “USE IT Act”
The USE IT Act would support carbon utilization and direct air capture research. The bill would also support federal, state, and non-governmental collaboration in the construction and development of CCUS facilities and carbon dioxide pipelines.
Legal Pathways to Negative Emissions Technologies and Direct Air Capture of Greenhouse Gases
This Article assesses the legal and policy challenges of decarbonizing the atmosphere itself through negative emission technologies and, in particular, direct air capture.
The Paradox of Regulating Negative Emissions Technologies Under US Environmental Laws
This article explores why federal and state legislatures and agencies should explicitly declare how (or if) current environmental laws will apply to NETs and provide guidance to the public and stakeholders.
A Napoleonic Approach to Climate Change: The Geoengineering Branch
This article reviews the domestic and international laws that might control climate engineering research and testing in the United States and presents considerations for a regulatory scheme that would foster further research and testing.
Carbon Capture and Sequestration: A Regulatory Gap Assessment
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.
Remaking the World to Save It: Applying U.S. Environmental Laws to Climate Engineering Projects
This Article examines how U.S. environmental laws might apply to climate engineering research and how the U.S. courts would review disputes over those projects.