Federal Policy/Guidance Archives - Page 12 of 19

Recommendations for Enhancing the Role of Forests In Climate Change Mitigation and Ecosystem Adaption to Climate Change

2015

Think Tank Report

National Association of State Foresters

This policy statement outlines recommendation related to private forest management, urban forests, forest health funding, and federal and state land management policy to sequester carbon on forested lands.

Sustainable Forestry Initiative Certification

2015

Think Tank Report

Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI)

The SFI has certified 250 million acres of forest in the US and Canada, and recognizes the importance of forests in carbon capture and climate change mitigation.

H.C.R. 8 – Concurrent Resolution on Carbon Sequestration on Rangelands

2015

Enacted Legislation

State of Utah

This resolution requests the President of the United States to direct Federal agencies managing land in Utah to develop specific plans to maximize the amount of carbon sequestered.

Clearing the Air on ‘Geoengineering’ and Intellectual Property Rights Towards a framework approach

2015

Scholarly Work

Aladdin Tingling Diakun

This paper focuses on patents and trade secrets as the most relevant categories of intellectual property to climate engineering (CE), and develops a framework within which to situate IP-related concerns, specifically as related to DAC and OIF.

Climate Geoengineering and the Role of Public Deliberation: A Comment on the us National Academy of Sciences’ Recommendations on Public Participation

2015

Scholarly Work

William C. G. Burns, Jane A. Flegal

This article outlines some options for public deliberation on climate geoengineering and important design considerations in response to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences' geoengineering reports.

Exclusive Rights to Saving the Planet: The Patenting of Geoengineering Inventions

2015

Scholarly Work

Anthony E. Chavez

This article argues that the United States should develop unique procedures to approve geoengineering patent applications and form a geoengineering patent pool that will facilitate both innovation and accessibility.

The Impact of Liability on the Adoption and Diffusion of Carbon Capture and Sequestration Technologies

2015

Scholarly Work

Elizabeth Joan Wilson, Mark A. de Figueiredo

This paper links potential CCS system requirements with potential risks and damages and examines how damages are treated in the subsurface injection realm, with particular attention paid to Texas and California regulations and case law.

Carbon Capture and Sequestration: Research, Development, and Demonstration at the U.S. Department of Energy

2015

Scholarly Work

Peter Folger

This report aims to provide a snapshot of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) CCS program, including its current funding levels, together with some discussion of the program’s achievements and prospects for success in meeting its stated goals.

A Review of the CO2 Pipeline Infrastructure in the U.S.

2015

Scholarly Work

Energy Sector Planning and Analysis (ESPA)

This report summarizes current and potential expansions to the CO2 pipeline network in the US, and provides an overview of permitting, regulation, and policies at the federal and state levels.

Regulatory Promotion of Emergent CCS Technology

2014

Scholarly Work

Lincoln Davies, Kirsten Uchitel, David Johnson

This report examines potential regulatory models for promoting CCS and seeks to assess where those regulatory regimes address or fail to address the impediments to commercial-scale CCS deployment.

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