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.
Biochar as multi-purpose sustainable technology: experiences from projects in Tanzania
This study is as an empirical contribution to the underdeveloped literature on deployment of negative emissions technologies in least-developed countries (LDCs) in general and on biochar use in developing countries and LDCs specifically.
Energizing America: A Roadmap to Launch a National Energy Innovation Mission
This report proposes that the U.S. federal government should triple its funding for energy research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) over the next five years, which includes a federal RD&D initiative for carbon dioxide removal (CDR).
Incentivizing Negative Emissions Through Carbon Shares
This paper describes a new climate change policy that replaces an emission tax with a bond used to fund an asset called a “carbon share,” which can optimally incentivize both emission reductions and emission removal.
Congressional Testimony of Jason Begger, Wyoming Infrastructure Authority
Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change on "Clearing the Air: Legislation to Promote Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage."