Ill. Admin. Code tit. 83, Part 455
Prescribes standards for complying with renewable energy portfolio standard, including clean coal standard of 50% sequestration.
La. Admin Code tit. 43, pt. XI, subpt. 4
Regulates construction, design, and operation of CO2 transmission pipelines, including detailed regulations on safety and maintenance.
Mich. Comp. L. Ann. § 460.1047
Allows power plants to recover costs of constructing and maintaining “advanced cleaner energy systems,” which include, in coal-fired plants, carbon capture and geologic sequestration of 85% or more CO2 emissions.
USDA Building Blocks for Climate Smart Agriculture and Forestry
This report outlines a set of “building blocks” to help farmers, ranchers, forestland owners, and rural communities reduce GHG emissions and increase carbon sequestration.
SB 859 – Healthy Soils Program
The legislation funded the Healthy Soils Program, which offers producers incentives to adopt GHG-reducing soil health practices and funds on-farm demonstration projects.
The State and Future of U.S. Soils: Framework for a Federal Strategic Plan for Soil Science
This Framework aims to establish Federal soil research priorities, including in carbon sequestration, deliver information to land managers to help them implement soil conserving systems, and inform related policy development and coordination.
Soil Health and Carbon Sequestration in US Croplands: A Policy Analysis
This report examines current policy challenges and opportunities for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in increasing the adoption of soil health and carbon sequestration practices.
Soil carbon sequestration potential of US croplands and grasslands: Implementing the 4 per Thousand Initiative
In this analysis, the goals of the 4 per Thousand declaration are assessed in the US context, looking for the best opportunities or “bright spots” that could be managed to implement the 4PT program.