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.
H.R. 3220 – RENEW Conservation Corps Act
This bill would establish a Restore Employment in Natural and Environmental Work (RENEW) Conservation Corps within the Department of Interior and U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Emergency deployment of direct air capture as a response to the climate crisis
This paper models a wartime-like crash deployment of direct air capture (DAC) as a policy response to the climate crisis, calculating funding, net CO2 removal, and climate impacts.
Microsoft’s Pledge
Microsoft is committing to remove more carbon than it emits through a portfolio of negative emission technologies including afforestation and reforestation, soil carbon sequestration, BECCS, and direct air capture.
S.3939 – Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act
This bill establishes the Interagency Working Group on Coastal Blue Carbon and sets targets for the protection and restoration of blue carbon ecosystems.
The EU Climate Law must prevent a rude awakening on carbon removal
This article highlights the importance of transparency when it comes to European estimates on Negative Emissions Technologies and Practices.
SB 5947: Washington Sustainable Farms and Fields Bill
This bill creates a grant program to incentivize farmers and ranchers to reduce fossil fuel inputs and increase sequestered carbon.
The Role of CCS in the Paris Agreement and its Article 6
This paper reviews the role of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement in enabling countries to meet the objectives they have set themselves in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), with particular emphasis on how it can impact CCS.
Sources to Sinks: Expanding a National CO2 Pipeline Network
his Article provides an overview of CO2 pipeline regulation, a state-by-state comparison of siting, routing, and operation laws, and a case study of the federal and state permitting required for a recent CO2 pipeline.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals from Forest Land, Woodlands, and Urban Trees in the United States, 1990-2018
This report provides an overview of the status and trends of GHG emissions and removals from forest land, woodlands in the grassland category, HWPs, and urban trees in settlements in the United States from 1990 to 2018.