Pore Space Ownership Archives

Do We Need a New Law to Govern Carbon Capture and Storage in Federal Pore Space? A Response to Righetti and Lewis

2025

Scholarly Work

Robin Kundis Craig

This piece suggests that an entirely new legal regime might be necessary both to allow CCS storage in federal pore space and to rationalize and clearly state federal policies regarding climate change mitigation and CCS

Subsurface Trespass in the Restatement (Fourth) of Property: An Appraisal and Alternative Account

2025

Scholarly Work

Joseph Schremmer

This paper presents a modified model of subsurface trespass, including requiring actual harm in addition to a physical invasion.

SB 267: West Virginia Legislation on Pore Spaces

2025

Enacted Legislation

The law, which becomes effective July 8, opens up more pore space in West Virginia to potential carbon storage.

Reflections On The “Pore Space Estate”

2025

Scholarly Work

Joseph Schremmer

This Article examines the economic and technological forces driving the severance of pore space and reflects on the consequences, good and bad, of a severed "pore space estate."

Capturing Change: A Proposal for Texas to Assume Long-Term Liability for Carbon Storage Facilities

2025

Scholarly Work

Hailey Lowery

This comment discusses existing incentives to operators of CCS facilities in Texas, and address how the incentives are insufficient and can be revised

Do We Need a New Law to Govern Carbon Capture and Storage in Federal Pore Space?

2025

Scholarly Work

Robin Kundis Craig

This invited response proposes a new legal framework for CCS storage in federal pore spaces

Maritime Boundaries in the Energy Transition: Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Storage Across Maritime Jurisdictions

2025

Scholarly Work

Constantinos Yiallourides, Tina Soliman-Hunter

The paper discusses the role of CCS in the low-carbon energy transition, focusing speciﬁcally on international legal aspects related to the storage of CO 2 in sub-seabed geological formations of the continental shelf.

SB 831: Pennsylvania Carbon Capture and Sequestration Act

2024

Enacted Legislation

Pennsylvania law establishing a regulatory framework for permitting, financing, and managing carbon capture and storage projects

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