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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.

Fla. Stat. § 366.91

2008
Enacted Legislation
State of Florida
Requires utilities to offer to purchase renewable energy and includes “electrical energy produced using pipeline-quality synthetic gas produced from waste petroleum coke with carbon capture and sequestration” in definition of “renewable energy."

66 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 2815

2008
Enacted Legislation
State of Pennsylvania
Directs the Department of Environmental Protection to identify and assess Pennsylvanian geologic formations for carbon sequestration.

Dumping Iron and Trading Carbon

2008
Think Tank Report
Hugh Powell
This article provides insight from lawyers and economists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution September 2007 conference on the topic of ocean iron fertilization and regulated carbon markets.

Wash. Admin. Code § 173-407-100 et seq.

2008
Regulation
State of Washington
Requires fossil-fueled thermal electric generating facilities of 25-350 MW capacity to implement CO2 mitigation program, including through geologic or non-geologic sequestration.

Utah Code Ann. § 10-19-101 et seq.

2008
Enacted Legislation
State of Utah
The Municipal Electric Utility Carbon Emission Reduction Act requires that a certain portion of electricity supplied by municipal utilities be renewably sourced, with an allowed reduction for fossil-fuel generation that captures and sequesters CO2.

Greenhouse Gas Geological Sequestration Act 2008 (No. 61).

2008
Enacted Legislation
State of Victoria, Australia
This act aims to facilitate and regulate the injection of GHGs into underground geological formations for the purpose of permanent storage, including to facilitate and regulate the exploration for suitable underground geological storage formations.

Wash. Admin. Code § 463-80-010 et seq

2008
Regulation
State of Washington
Implements carbon dioxide mitigation program for thermal electric generating facilities of greater than 350 MW capacity, and allows mitigation through geological carbon sequestration.