Brazil’s Fuels of the Future Bill (Federal Law No. 14,993/2024)
The Fuels of the Future Bill addresses several matters related to decarbonization, including the first Brazilian law to cover capture and geological storage of carbon dioxide
EPA – Regulatory and Statutory Authorities Relevant to Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS)
A guide in the form of a table clarifying potentially relevant regulatory and statutory authorities that may be applicable to CCS
Whose Pore Space Is It? Carbon Capture and Storage Prompts New Questions in Property Law
This paper discusses property rights in the context of pore ownership and CCS, with a focus on considerations for a CCS developer’s acquisition of pore space under privately owned land.
International Governance of Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal: Recent Developments and Future Directions
This paper discusses recent efforts to regulate ocean CDR under three long-standing international agreements and discusses options for greater coherence in international governance.
CRS – Class VI Carbon Sequestration Wells: Permitting and State Program Primacy
This report discusses the statutory and regulatory framework for permitting Class VI wells and the permit process around it
Carbon Dioxide Removal through Coastal Blue Carbon: A Review of Commitments in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)
This database, accompanied by a blog, explores how blue carbon is framed in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under three categories: (1) mitigation, (2) adaptation, (3) both mitigation and adaptation.
Legal Issues in Oceanic Transport of Carbon Dioxide for Sequestration
This report examines the potentially applicable laws to the use of ships to transport carbon dioxide that has been captured in Europe to the United States for sequestration.
A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Carbon Capture and Sequestration Regulation in Texas and Beyond
This Comment provides an overview of CCS regulation within states that already have or are currently seeking primacy over CCS from the Environmental Protection Agency.
Subsidies for Direct Air Capture: Lessons from the Solar Industry
This Comment focuses on how subsidies can affect the growth of climate technologies and set them up for long-term progress through subsidies in the solar industry.
Public–private sharing of carbon sequestration risk
This comment argues that a multi-tiered framework with public–private sharing of risk can help promote the safe and timely deployment of carbon capture and sequestration.