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Executive Actions to Ensure Safe and Responsible Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal Research in the United States

2023
Policy Proposal
Romany M. Webb, Korey Silverman-Roati
This paper presents recommended actions that federal agencies could take, under existing law, to ensure safe and responsible permitting and regulation of ocean carbon dioxide removal (CDR) research in U.S. waters.

A.8597: New York Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act

2022
Proposed Legislation
State of New York
This bill establishes a state-funded reverse auction to purchase carbon dioxide removal projects to help achieve greenhouse gas reduction goals, with auction funds derived from a fee on aviation fuel.

Removing Carbon Dioxide Through Artificial Upwelling and Downwelling: Legal Challenges and Opportunities

2022
Scholarly Work
Romany M. Webb, Korey Silverman-Roati, Michael B. Gerrard
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of how existing international and domestic (U.S.) law would apply to artificial upwelling and artificial downwelling projects.

Legal and Regulatory Frameworks for CCUS: An IEA CCUS Handbook

2022
Scholarly Work
International Energy Agency
This handbook identifies 25 priority issues that CCUS legal and regulatory frameworks should address for deployment, and presents global case studies on how different jurisdictions have approached these issues.

Permitting Seaweed Cultivation for Carbon Sequestration in California: Barriers and Recommendations

2022
Scholarly Work
Korey Silverman-Roati, Romany M. Webb, Michael B. Gerrard
This white paper explores the barriers to seaweed permitting for carbon sequestration in California, including a complex, costly, and time-consuming lease and permitting process.

Instruction Memorandum on the use of pore space on U.S. public lands

2022
Policy Proposal
United States Department of the Interior
This Instruction Memorandum conveys policy and direction for authorizing rights-of-way to use public lands for site characterization, transportation, injection, capture, and geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide at appropriately

Removing Carbon Dioxide Through Ocean Fertilization: Legal Challenges and Opportunities

2022
Scholarly Work
Korey Silverman-Roati, Romany M. Webb, Michael Gerrard
This paper explores the application of existing international and domestic (U.S.) law to ocean fertilization research and deployment.

Carbon Sequestration Collaboration Act

2022
Proposed Legislation
Frank D. Lucas
This proposed bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a research initiative to evaluate carbon sequestration.

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