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Opportunities and Trade-Offs Among BECCS and the Food, Water, Energy, Biodiversity, and Social Systems Nexus at Regional Scales

2018
Scholarly Work
Paul Stoy, Selena Ahmed, Meghann Jarchow, Benjamin Rashford, David Swanson, Shannon Albeke, Gabriel Bromley, E.N.J. Brookshire, Mark Dixon, Julia Haggerty, Perry Miller, Brent Peyton, Alisa Royem, Lee Spangler, Crista Straub, Benjamin Poulter
This paper presents an interdisciplinary research framework to examine the trade-offs as well as the opportunities among BECCS scenarios using the Upper Missouri River Basin (UMRB) as a case study.

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.

The Paradox of Regulating Negative Emissions Technologies Under US Environmental Laws

2018
Scholarly Work
Tracy D. Hester
This article explores why federal and state legislatures and agencies should explicitly declare how (or if) current environmental laws will apply to NETs and provide guidance to the public and stakeholders.

Technological Carbon Removal in the United States

2018
Think Tank Report
James Mulligan, Gretchen Ellison, Kelly Levin, Colin McCormick
This paper explores the potential for technological carbon removal in the United States, identifies the needs likely to arise on the pathway to large-scale deployment, and considers way to begin addressing those needs.

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.

Carbon Removal in Forests and Farms in the United States

2018
Think Tank Report
World Resources Institute
The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential for carbon removal in forests and farms in the United States, to identify needs likely to arise on the pathway to large-scale deployment, and to consider ways to begin addressing those needs.

Geoengineering Research Under U.S. Law

2018
Scholarly Work
Norman Carlin, Robert A. James
This article examines the principles of domestic United States law applicable to geoengineering research projects and walks through a theoretical analysis for an environmental impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

Summary of Carbon Storage Incentives and Potential Legislation: East Sub-Basin Project

2018
Think Tank Report
Chiara Trabucchi (Industrial Economics, Incorporated)
This document provides a summary of carbon storage incentives and legislation of potential relevance to the CarbonSAFE Illinois - East Sub-Basin project for commercial scale CO2 geological storage complexes.

Geoengineering: A Promising Weapon or an Unregulated Disaster in the Fight Against Climate Change?

2017
Scholarly Work
J. Brent Marshall
This note outlines the regulation of geoengineering, the current laws in place, the policy needs of geoengineering regulation, and how to bridge the gap between these concepts.

International Governance of Climate Engineering: A Survey of Reports on Climate Engineering, 2009-2015

2017
Think Tank Report
David R. Morrow
This report surveys and synthesizes the body of literature addressing the governance of climate engineering, including carbon dioxide removal technologies.

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