Net Expectations: Assessing the role of carbon dioxide removal in companies’ climate plans
This briefing aims to help investors and others interpret and assess the feasibility of the role of CDR in companies’ climate plans.
S. 2836 – America’s Revegetation and Carbon Sequestration Act of 2021
This bill would support management practices that increase resilience and soil carbon sequestration on US forests and rangelands.
H.R. 3585 – REGROW Act of 2021
This bill would amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require that the Secretary of the Interior establish and fund a program for state and tribal governments to plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned oil and gas wells.
H.R. 3522 – TREES Act of 2021
This bill would direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a grant program that facilities trees planting to reduce residential energy consumptions.
H.R. 3220 – RENEW Conservation Corps Act
This bill would establish a Restore Employment in Natural and Environmental Work (RENEW) Conservation Corps within the Department of Interior and U.S. Department of Agriculture.
H.R. 2757 – The Climate Agricultural Conservation Practices Act
This bill would require Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) to consider climate benefits including emissions reductions, carbon sequestration, and other resilience benefits when developing conservation practice standards.
H.R. 2820 – Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2021
This bill would create a Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Certification Program within the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
H.R. 2670 – The Civilian Climate Corps for Jobs and Justice Act
This bill would amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a Civilian Climate Corps (CCC) to help communities respond to climate change, transition to clean economies, and boost local climate jobs.
S. 1201 – US CLIMATE Act of 2021
This bill would establish a foreign assistance program to support forest management in developing countries.
Microsoft’s Pledge
Microsoft is committing to remove more carbon than it emits through a portfolio of negative emission technologies including afforestation and reforestation, soil carbon sequestration, BECCS, and direct air capture.