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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.

SB 905: California Carbon sequestration: Carbon Capture, Removal, Utilization, and Storage Program

2021
Proposed Legislation
Bill requiring the establishment of a Carbon Capture, Removal, Utilization and Storage Program

2020 Democratic Party Platform (Draft)

2020
Policy Proposal
Democratic National Committee Platform Drafting Committee
This is the United States Democratic Party’s draft policy platform that includes sections on the potential role of carbon dioxide removal/negative emissions technologies to combat climate change.

Fair-share carbon dioxide removal increases major emitter responsibility

2020
Scholarly Work
Claire L. Fyson, Susanne Baur, Matthew Gidden, Carl-Friedrich Schleussner
This paper applies two common burden-sharing principles to show how CDR responsibility could be shared between regions in 1.5 °C and 2 °C mitigation pathways.

Transport Infrastructure for Carbon Capture and Storage

2020
Think Tank Report
Elizabeth Abramson, Dane McFarlane, Jeff Brown
This white paper identifies near-term carbon capture and storage opportunities, then designs and plans the regional transport infrastructure required to maximize CO2 abatement while minimizing cost and land use impact.

S.3894 – Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2020

2020
Proposed Legislation
116th U.S. Congress
The Growing Climate Solutions Act creates a certification program at USDA to help solve technical entry barriers to farmer and forest landowner participation in carbon credit markets.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals from Forest Land, Woodlands, and Urban Trees in the United States, 1990-2018

2020
Scientific Report
United States Department of Agriculture
This report provides an overview of the status and trends of GHG emissions and removals from forest land, woodlands in the grassland category, HWPs, and urban trees in settlements in the United States from 1990 to 2018.

Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks

2020
Scientific Report
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The report presents data on carbon sequestration from the Land Use, Land-Use change, and Forestry (LULUCF) sector and from enhanced oil recovery in the United States.

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