• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

CDR Law

  • Search
  • Other Resources
    • Books
    • International Law
  • About
  • Contact

Federal Policy/Guidance

Filter by Resource Type:
Filter by Publication Year:
Sort:
Current Filters:

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.

Going Negative: The Next Horizon in Climate Engineering Law

2018
Scholarly Work
Tracy Hester, Michael B. Gerrard
This article frames the emerging legal challenges for climate engineering research and deployment.

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.

Seaweed, Kelp, and Other Aquaculture Products – Legal Issues with Cultivation and Production as Food Sources

2018
Scholarly Work
Catherine Janasie
This document identifies the legal issues around the cultivation of seaweed and kelp at both the federal and state level.

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.

Negative Emissions and Land-Based Carbon Sequestration: Implications for Climate and Energy Scenarios

2018
Think Tank Report
Rocky Mountain Institute
The paper focuses on how natural climate solutions could contribute to emissions reduction goals in the United States and seeks to provide policymakers with a useful overview of how negative emissions can be incorporated into national climate policy.

Building a New Carbon Economy: An Innovation Plan

2018
Think Tank Report
Carbon180
This report presents an innovation plan that outlines the contours of a new carbon economy using carbon removal technologies and identifies the social, legal, economic and political research gaps of each technology.

Advancing Large Scale Carbon Management: Expansion of the 45Q Tax Credit

2018
Think Tank Report
Tim Bushman, Julio Friedmann, Joseph Hezir, Melanie Kenderdine, Alex Kizer, Ernest J. Moniz
This EFI paper provides a comprehensive overview of the opportunities for application of the expanded federal tax incentives for CCUS, as well as the additional implementation challenges facing CCUS project developers and policymakers.

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).

Footer

This website provides educational information. It does not, nor is it intended to, provide legal advice. No attorney-client relationship is established by use of this site. Consult with an attorney for any needed legal advice. There is no warranty of accuracy, adequacy or comprehensiveness. Those who use information from this website do so at their own risk.

© 2026 Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Made with by Satellite Jones