CDR Law

Filter by Technical Pathway:
Filter by Legal Pathway:
Filter by Keyword:
Filter by Publication Year:
Filter by Resource Type:
Text Search:
Current Filters:

20 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. 3855/1-75

2009
Enacted Legislation
State of Illinois
This section in the Illinois Power Agency Act requires a 5% clean coal portfolio standard for utilities and sets parameters for “initial clean coal plants” that include at least 50% carbon capture and sequestration.

Mont. Code Ann. § 82-11-111

2009
Enacted Legislation
State of Montana
Gives Board exclusive jurisdiction over CO2 injection wells and geologic storage reservoirs, allowing the Board to issue permits, adopt design standards, and establish measures to prevent contamination, among other things.

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.

Ocean Iron Fertilization and International Law

2008
Scholarly Work
David Freestone , Rosemary Rayfuse
This article examines the application of the International Law of the Sea to ocean fertilization, with particular reference to the law’s dumping regime, which prohibits the dumping of wastes or other materials from vessels into the ocean.

Policy Option Paper — Closing the Liability Gap

2008
Think Tank Report
Mary Griffiths
This report proposes that long-term CCS liability should focus on the liability for leaks to any area outside the designated storage zone after the abandonment of the injection well.

Utah Code Ann. § 54-17-601 et seq.

2008
Enacted Legislation
State of Utah
Requires that a certain portion of electricity supplied by utilities be low or no-emission electricity to the extent it is cost effective, including via carbon capture and storage.