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Fla. Stat. § 366.8255

2008
Enacted Legislation
State of Florida
Allows inclusion of “costs or expenses prudently incurred for scientific research and geological assessments of carbon capture and storage” in utilities’ environmental compliance costs which may be recovered from ratepayers.

Minn. Stat. Ann. § 116J.437

2008
Enacted Legislation
State of Minnesota
This law places “carbon capture, storage, or sequestration” in the definition of “green economy” and provides for actions to promote job training in support of a green economy.

71 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 1361.3

2008
Enacted Legislation
State of Pennsylvania
Authorizes Department of Environmental Protection to compose report on economic opportunities available to the state due to need for alternative energy, including “carbon sequestration technologies.”

Carbon sequestration in Africa: The land tenure problem

2008
Scholarly Work
Jon D. Unruh
This article examines the prospect of using tropic forest projects to sequester carbon dioxide in Africa and argues that land tenure exists as a prohibitive obstacle to the implementation of afforestation and reforestation approaches.

Convention on Biological Diversity COP 9 Decision IX/20

2008
International Legal Instrument
Convention on Biological Diversity
Decision adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity at its ninth meeting to seek, in consultation with the IMO, the views of Parties, other Governments, and indigenous peoples on ocean iron fertilization.

Dumping Iron and Trading Carbon

2008
News/Commentary
Hugh Powell
This article provides insight from a conference convened at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on the role of carbon markets in ocean iron fertilization activities.

Wash. Admin. Code § 173-218-115

2008
Regulation
State of Washington
Regulation that contains permitting and regulatory requirements for carbon dioxide injection wells used for geological sequestration.

The Potential for Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration in Minnesota

2008
Scientific Report
Minnesota Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration Initiative
This report assesses the potential of Minnesota lands to sequester carbon dioxide, including an analysis of existing and proposed state policies for their potential impact on carbon sequestration activities.