H.B. 966: Louisiana Bill on Unitization for Carbon Dioxide Storage Projects
Authorizes unitization for carbon dioxide storage projects and details the process for forming a unit
H.B. 452: Utah Carbon Capture Amendments
Addresses regulation of carbon capture, including storage funds, and certification for completed facilities
HB0032: Wyoming Geologic Sequestration-Unitization Amendments
Specifies that pore space utilization is a purpose of geologic sequestration unitization
Brazil’s Fuels of the Future Bill (Federal Law No. 14,993/2024)
The Fuels of the Future Bill addresses several matters related to decarbonization, including the first Brazilian law to cover capture and geological storage of carbon dioxide
Whose Pore Space Is It? Carbon Capture and Storage Prompts New Questions in Property Law
This paper discusses property rights in the context of pore ownership and CCS, with a focus on considerations for a CCS developer’s acquisition of pore space under privately owned land.
Take Me Out to the Ball Game: Fair Collective Storage Order Takings Under Pennsylvania’s Carbon Capture and Sequestration Act
Analyzes pore space and market valuation for carbon capture under Pennsylvania's Carbon Capture and Sequestration Act
Reconciling Property Rights with Carbon Capture and Storage
This article argues for a rethinking of property rights in the context of carbon capture and storage (CCS) - away from injunctive relief to stop subsurface migrations of CO2 and towards required compensation for landowners after an intrusion of CO2.
Pore Texas: Defining the Ownership of Underground Pore Space for Carbon Capture and Sequestration in Texas
This paper argues that Texas should adopt legislation that expressly designates ownership of pore space to the surface owner.
2023 North Dakota Law Review Energy Law Symposium
Links to presentations on the legal framework for geologic storage of carbon dioxide.
State Sequestration: Federal Policy Accelerates Carbon Storage, But Leaves Full Climate, Equity Protections to States
This paper describes state-federal governance dynamics regarding CCS and concludes by identifying potential legal tools that states can use to address those dynamics.