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S.407 – Carbon Capture Modernization Act

2019
Proposed Legislation
116th U.S. Congress (2019-2020)
This bill modifies 26 U.S.C. 48A to make CCUS retrofits to coal plants eligible for the qualifying advanced coal project tax credit.

An overview of the Department of Energy’s CarbonSAFE Initiative: Moving CCUS toward commercialization

2019
Scholarly Work
Mary Sullivan, Traci Rodosta, Kanwal Mahajan, Darin Damiani
This article provides an overview of the CarbonSAFE initiative and includes updates from the program's projects.

H.R.1892 – Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018

2018
Enacted Legislation
This bill includes a provision to amend the U.S. tax code to provide a tax credit for carbon capture projects that securely store captured CO2 in geologic formations or beneficially use captured CO2.

Near-term Deployment of Carbon Capture and Sequestration from Biorefineries in the United States

2018
Scholarly Work
Daniel Sanchez, Nils Johnson, Sean McCoy, Peter Turner, Katharine Mach
This paper evaluates low-cost, commercially ready sequestration opportunities for existing biorefineries in the United States.

Policy Support for Biochar: Review and Recommendations

2018
Scholarly Work
Ghasideh Pourhashem, Shih Yu Hung, Kenneth Medlock , Caroline Masiello
This paper examines the role that government policy can play in accelerating production and use of biochar at commercial scale in the United States.

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.

California Forest Carbon Plan: Managing Our Forest Landscapes in a Changing Climate

2018
Policy Proposal
Forest Climate Action Team
This plan provides multiple strategies to protect and enhance forest carbon in California, and reviews the corresponding statutory and regulatory framework to do so.

Carbon Capture and Sequestration Protocol under the Low Carbon Fuel Standard

2018
Regulation
California Air Resources Board
The protocol allows transportation fuels whose lifecycle emissions have been reduced through CCS or direct air capture to become eligible for credits under the Low Carbon Fuel Standard.

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