State Policy/Guidance Archives

An Action Plan for Carbon Capture and Storage in California: Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions

2020

Think Tank Report

Energy Futures Initiative, Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford Center for Carbon Storage

This study provides policymakers with fundamental actions, key enablers, and opportunities for helping California meet its near-term emissions reduction goals with carbon capture and storage (CCS).

Capturing Opportunity: Law and Policy Solutions to Accelerate Engineered Carbon Removal in California

2020

Policy Proposal

Ethan N. Elkind, Ted Lamm, Katie Segal

This policy brief outlines policy proposals for deploying engineered carbon removal technologies in California, including the key barriers limiting development progress and actionable solutions to overcome those barriers.

THE LCFS AND CCS PROTOCOL: AN OVERVIEW FOR POLICYMAKERS AND PROJECT DEVELOPERS

2019

Think Tank Report

Global CCS Institute

This report provides a summary of the CCS Protocol of the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard and how it compares to other significant regulations and policies in the US associated with the injection and geologic sequestration of CO2.

Using Renewable Portfolio Standards to Accelerate Development of Negative Emission Technologies

2018

Scholarly Work

Anthony Chavez

This article discusses how states can use Renewable Portfolio Standards to incentivize the development of negative emission technologies.

California Forest Carbon Plan: Managing Our Forest Landscapes in a Changing Climate

2018

Policy Proposal

Forest Climate Action Team

This plan provides multiple strategies to protect and enhance forest carbon in California, and reviews the corresponding statutory and regulatory framework to do so.

Making Negative Emissions Economically Feasible: The View from California

2018

Scholarly Work

Roger D. Aines, Sean T. McCoy

This paper identifies how amendments to California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard would create the first substantial payment system for negative emissions.

Correlative Rights and Limited Common Property in the Pore Space: A Response to the Challenge of Subsurface Trespass in Carbon Capture and Sequestration

2017

Scholarly Work

Tara Kathleen Righetti

This article argues that the challenge of subsurface trespass associated with CCS can be overcome by conceptualizing pore space rights in the storage complex as limited common property with rights of proportionate use.

Forest Carbon Solutions for Mitigating Climate Change: A Toolkit for State Governments

2015

Think Tank Report

Forest Climate Working Group

This toolkit suggests policies that States can adopt to support forest carbon services.

State Forestry Agency Perspectives on Carbon Management and Carbon Market Assistance to Family Forest Owners

2015

Scholarly Work

Kristell A. Miller, Stephanie A. Snyder, Michael A. Kilgore

This report surveys efforts to aid family farm owners in carbon management of forested areas, including six states that have offered programs for carbon management by direct payments to landowners or by providing a platform for carbon markets.

A 2015 Analysis and Update on U.S. Pore Space Law —The Necessity of Proceeding Cautiously With Respect to the “Stick” Known as Pore Space

2015

Scholarly Work

Trae Gray

This paper provides an analysis and update (as of 2015) on current pore space law in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wyoming.

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