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Legal Issues in Oceanic Transport of Carbon Dioxide for Sequestration

2024
Scholarly Work
Carolina Arlota , Michael B. Gerrard, Pria Deanna Mahadevan
This report examines the potentially applicable laws to the use of ships to transport carbon dioxide that has been captured in Europe to the United States for sequestration.

Removing Carbon Dioxide Through Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement and Seaweed Cultivation

2021
Scholarly Work
Romany M. Webb, Korey Silverman-Roati, Michael B. Gerrard
This paper examines the international and U.S. legal frameworks that apply to ocean alkalinity enhancement and seaweed cultivation.

Removing Carbon Dioxide Through Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement: Legal Challenges and Opportunities

2021
Scholarly Work
Romany M. Webb, Korey Silverman-Roati, Michael B. Gerrard
This paper examines the international and U.S. legal frameworks that apply to ocean alkalinity enhancement.

Removing Carbon Dioxide Through Seaweed Cultivation: Legal Challenges and Opportunities

2021
Scholarly Work
Korey Silverman-Roati, Michael B. Gerrard, Romany M. Webb
This paper examines the international and U.S. legal frameworks that apply to seaweed cultivation.

Once a Fringe Idea, Geoengineering Moves to Center Stage in Policy Arena

2020
News/Commentary
Shuchi Talati, Robert James, Wil Burns
This edited transcript from an Environmental Law Institute webinar looks at potential domestic U.S. legal governance structures and the international institutions that might be applicable to governing carbon dioxide removal.

Legal Pathways to Negative Emissions Technologies and Direct Air Capture of Greenhouse Gases

2018
Scholarly Work
Tracy Hester
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

2018
Scholarly Work
Tracy D. Hester
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.

Geoengineering Research Under U.S. Law

2018
Scholarly Work
Norman Carlin, Robert A. James
This article examines the principles of domestic United States law applicable to geoengineering research projects and walks through a theoretical analysis for an environmental impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

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