A.8597 – Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act
This bill establishes a state-funded reverse auction to purchase carbon dioxide removal projects to help achieve greenhouse gas reduction goals, with auction funds derived from a fee on aviation fuel.
Limits to Paris Compatibility of CO2 Capture and Utilization
This paper finds that for a CCU technology to be Paris Agreement compatible by 2030, it has to have low GHG emissions from CO2 capture and conversion, replace a GHG-intensive substitute, and in most cases lead to permanent storage.
The Role of Corporates in Governing Carbon Dioxide Removal: Outlining a Research Agenda
This paper provides a perspective on how corporates influence and enact de facto governance of CDR.
Removing Carbon Dioxide Through Artificial Upwelling and Downwelling: Legal Challenges and Opportunities
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of how existing international and domestic (U.S.) law would apply to artificial upwelling and artificial downwelling projects.
Regulations for carbon capture, utilization and storage: Comparative analysis of development in Europe, China and the Middle East
This article proposes regulatory changes that are necessary for facilitating the CCUS supply chain at the domestic and regional level in Europe, China, and the Middle East.
S. 2836 – America’s Revegetation and Carbon Sequestration Act of 2021
This bill would support management practices that increase resilience and soil carbon sequestration on US forests and rangelands.
S. 1608 – Sustainable Aviation Fuel Act
This bill would support markets for aviation fuels with low carbon intensity through tax credits and DOD procurement.
Removing Carbon Dioxide Through Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement and Seaweed Cultivation
This paper examines the international and U.S. legal frameworks that apply to ocean alkalinity enhancement and seaweed cultivation.
Carbon Capture and Storage: Actions Needed to Improve DOE Management of Demonstration Projects
This report examines the outcomes of past Department of Energy (DOE)-funded CCS demonstration projects and the external factors that affected them and how DOE’s management of these projects contributed to their outcomes.
H.R. 5205 – NET Zero Act of 2021
This bill would amend the 45Q tax credit by removing the deadline for DAC to geologic storage and enforcing a 10-year deadline for DAC to EOR.