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Adjusting Carbon Management Policies to Encourage Renewable, Net-Negative Projects Such as Biochar Sequestration

2010

Scholarly Work

Darrel Fruth, Joseph Ponzi

This article considers the present legal challenges to adjust carbon management policies, specifically carbon crediting schemes, for biochar as a carbon sequestration technique.

Evaluation of the Opportunities for Generating Carbon Offsets from Soil Sequestration of Biochar

2010

Scholarly Work

Steven De Gryze, Michael Cullen , Leslie Durschinger

This paper aims to provide a comprehensive review of the issues involved in generating carbon offsets from the production and incorporation of biochar into soil, with a focus on the use of biochar in the United States.

Biochar and Waste Law: A Comparative Analysis

2009

Scholarly Work

Caroline Van de bergh

This article provides a comparative analyses whether biochar is waste in the EU and the US and whether the pyrolysis treatment, transportation and storage of biochar may be exempted from the regulatory burden placed on the classification of waste.

H.R.3748 – Water Efficiency via Carbon Harvesting and Restoration (WECHAR) Act of 2009

2009

Proposed Legislation

This bill sets up a joint Department of Interior and USDA loan guarantee program to commercialize biochar production units that produce net-negative carbon emissions.

Congressional Testimony of Ernest J. Moniz

2020

Hearings and Testimony

Ernest J. Moniz

Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing to examine the challenges and opportunities for large-scale carbon management.

Clearing the Air: A Federal RD&D Initiative and Management Plan for Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies

2019

Think Tank Report

Energy Futures Initiative

This report provides a set of recommendations and detailed implementation plans for a 10-year, $10.7 billion research, development, and demonstration initiative in the United States to bring new pathways for technological CDR to commercial readiness.

Restoring Abandoned Farmland to Mitigate Climate Change on a Full Earth

2020

Scholarly Work

Yi Yang, Sarah E. Hobbie, Rebecca R. Hernandez, Joseph Fargione, Steven M. Grodsky, David Tilman, Yong-Guan Zhu, Yu Luo, Timothy M. Smith, Jacob M. Jungers, Ming Yang, Wei-Qiang Chen

This paper presents an overview of how carbon capture and storage on abandoned farmland can be accelerated and maximized and how emerging policy and market initiatives can facilitate adoption of farmland carbon sequestration strategies.

Agriculture and Climate Change: Policy Imperatives and Opportunities to Help Producers Meet the Challenge

2019

Think Tank Report

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

This position paper reviews the science related to climate change mitigation and adaptation on farms in the U.S., in order to provide a sound rationale for current and future policy development and advocacy related to climate change and agriculture.

H.R. 5316, the Healthy Soils and Rangeland Solutions Act

2016

Proposed Legislation

This bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish a Carbon Sequestration Pilot Program to make grants to sequester carbon through grazing practices, restoration of degraded public lands, and the use of compost or biochar on public lands.

Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Potential of Agricultural Land Management in the United States: A Synthesis of the Literature

2012

Scholarly Work

Alison J. Eagle, Lydia P. Olander, Lucy R. Henry, Karen Haugen-Kozyra, Neville Millar, G. Philip Robertson

This report provides a side-by-side comparison of the GHG mitigation potential of 42 agricultural land management activities in the United States.

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