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Capturing Leadership Policies for the US to Advance Direct Air Capture Technology

2019
Think Tank Report
John Larsen, Whitney Herndon, Mikhail Grant , Peter Marsters
This is a report prepared by the Rhodium Group to asses the role of Direct Air Capture technology in the US response to climate change and identify near and medium-term policy actions to advance the deployment of Direct Air Capture technology.

The agricultural conundrum: encouraging climate-friendly agriculture through economic instruments in North America

2019
Scholarly Work
Emma Akrawi
This chapter from the book Environmental Fiscal Challenges for Cities and Transport evaluates California’s treatment of agriculture and the potential for a cap-and-trade offset protocol for carbon farming practices that sequester carbon in the soil.

Near-term Deployment of Carbon Capture and Sequestration from Biorefineries in the United States

2018
Scholarly Work
Daniel Sanchez, Nils Johnson, Sean McCoy, Peter Turner, Katharine Mach
This paper evaluates low-cost, commercially ready sequestration opportunities for existing biorefineries in the United States.

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.

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.

The Politics of Negative Emissions Technologies and Decarbonization in Rural Communities

2018
Scholarly Work
Holly Jean Buck
This paper analyzes prospective challenges for negative emissions through examining how decarbonization practices are evolving in one particular landscape: the Imperial Valley in southeast California, a desert landscape engineered for agriculture.

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.

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