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Regulating Geologic Sequestration in the United States: Early Rules Take Divergent Approaches

2009
Scholarly Work
Melisa F. Pollak, Elizabeth J. Wilson
This paper compares state and federal regulations for the geological sequestration (GS) of carbon dioxide, focusing on elements where their differences highlight the choices that must be made to create a regulatory framework for GS in the U.S.

Dumping Iron and Trading Carbon

2008
Think Tank Report
Hugh Powell
This article provides insight from lawyers and economists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution September 2007 conference on the topic of ocean iron fertilization and regulated carbon markets.

From EOR to CCS: The evolving legal and regulatory framework for carbon capture and storage

2008
Scholarly Work
Philip Marston, Patricia A Moore
This article addresses why the current legal framework will be largely adequate from a transaction and interim standpoint to allow progress from oil production operations to permanent underground storage.

Carbon Capture and Storage Project Development: An Overview of Property Rights Acquisition, Permitting, and Operational Liability Issues

2008
Scholarly Work
Thomas A. Campbell, Robert A. James, Julie Hutchings
This article covers potential challenges and solutions for CCS on topics such as the acquisition of property rights; permitting at both the federal and the state levels; and identification, reduction and transfer of liabilities.

Iron Fertilization in the Ocean for Climate Mitigation: Legal, Economic, and Environmental Challenges

2007
Scholarly Work
Raphael Sagarin, Megan Dawson, David Karl, Anthony Michael, Brian Murray, Michael Orbach, Nicole St. Clair
This paper is aimed to provide lawmakers, non-government organizations, the public and business interests with a brief overview of iron fertilization and its potential benefits and risks.

Permitting issues for CO2 capture, transport and geological storage: A review of Europe, USA, Canada and Australia

2007
Scholarly Work
Paul Zakkour, Mike Haines
The paper reviews the environmental, health and safety permitting/regulatory issues presented by CO2 capture and storage (CCS) operations across the full project cycle in the EU, North America and Australia.

Deploying Carbon Capture and Storage in Europe and the United States: A Comparative Analysis

2007
Scholarly Work
Andrew J. Gibbons, Elizabeth Wilson
This paper explores the existing energy, policy, regulatory and legal climates that will necessitate different approaches for CCS deployment in the United States and European Union.

Liability and Financial Responsibility Frameworks for Carbon Capture and Sequestration

2007
Think Tank Report
Elizabeth Wilson, Mark A. DeFigueiredo, Chiara Trabucchi, Kate Larsen
This WRI issue brief examines liability and financial responsibility frameworks potentially applicable to CCS projects by considering existing analogs and options for mitigating the near-and long-term risks of CCS technologies.

The Law of Enhanced Weathering for Carbon Dioxide Removal

2020
Scholarly Work
Romany M. Webb
This paper examines the international and U.S. legal framework for enhanced weathering on land and in ocean waters.

CarbonSAFE: Commercialization of Emerging Environmental Sustainability Technologies: CCS Development & Implementation Policy

2018
Think Tank Report
Design Assurance Sciences
This report, developed in support of the CarbonSAFE initiative, was assembled to assist in identifying local, state, and national regulatory and policy positions impacting the establishment of a CCS storage complex.

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