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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.

Carbon Capture and Storage: Actions Needed to Improve DOE Management of Demonstration Projects

2021
Scholarly Work
United States Government Accountability Office
This report examines the outcomes of past Department of Energy (DOE)-funded CCS demonstration projects and the external factors that affected them and how DOE’s management of these projects contributed to their outcomes.

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.

Future of Carbon Capture Looks Bright After Treasury Proposes Long-Awaited Regulations

2020
News/Commentary
Latham & Watkins
Law firm commentary on the proposed Treasury Department and IRS regulations addressing issues applicable to the tax credit for CCS under Section 45Q.

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.

Investing in Climate Innovation: The Environmental Case for Direct Air Capture of Carbon Dioxide

2020
Think Tank Report
Bipartisan Policy Center's Direct Air Capture Advisory Council
This white paper makes the environmental case for an ambitious, targeted, and diversified program of near-term investment in DAC as part of a comprehensive strategy for achieving international climate goals over the next several decades.

CarbonShot: Federal Policy Options for Carbon Removal in the United States

2020
Think Tank Report
World Resources Institute
The purpose of this working paper is to provide a consolidated set of high-priority, near-term federal policy options to advance carbon removal capabilities and deployment in the United States.

Prospects for bioenergy with carbon capture & storage (BECCS) in the United States pulp and paper industry

2020
Scholarly Work
W. J. Sagues, H. Jameel, D. L. Sanchez, S. Park
This paper estimates the technical and economic potential of integrating BECCS at pulp and paper mills in the United States with application of the existing federal tax credit for carbon capture and sequestration (Section 45Q).

Leading with Soil: Scaling Soil Carbon Storage in Agriculture

2020
Think Tank Report
Carbon180
In this report, Carbon180 translates lessons learned on the ground from farmers and ranchers across the Rocky Mountains into a menu of federal policy recommendations.

SOLVING THE CLIMATE CRISIS: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and a Healthy, Resilient, and Just America

2020
Policy Proposal
Select Committee on the Climate Crisis Majority Staff
This report lays out a framework for comprehensive congressional action on climate change and identifies the need to develop and deploy a suite of natural and technological carbon removal solutions to reduce carbon pollution as quickly as possible.

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