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Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) technologies involve the capture of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from fuel combustion or industrial processes, the transport of this CO₂ via ship or pipeline, and either its use as a resource to create valuable products or services or its permanent storage underground.
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Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks

2020
Scientific Report
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The report presents data on carbon sequestration from the Land Use, Land-Use change, and Forestry (LULUCF) sector and from enhanced oil recovery in the United States.

H.R. 5865 – CCUS Innovation Act

2020
Proposed Legislation
U.S. Congress
This bill would promote the development and deployment of CCUS technologies, including by making related pipelines and direct air capture projects eligible for guaranteed loan support from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Proposed regulation establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 (European Climate Law)

2020
Proposed Legislation
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL
Article 2 of this regulatory proposal sets the EU 2050 climate-neutrality objectives, recognizing that removals of greenhouse gases will be needed to compensate for emissions from sectors where decarbonization is the most challenging.

Sweden’s Carbon Removal Strategy: The pathway to a climate- positive future – strategy and action plan for achieving negative greenhouse gas emissions after 2045

2020
Policy Proposal
This strategy sets out principles and targets for Swedish policy in the area of negative emissions measures and an action plan for achieving them.

Royal Dutch Shell Pledge

2020
Declaration
Royal Dutch Shell plans to offset its own emissions by trapping as much carbon as its business operations cause through new carbon capture technologies or through nature-based solutions such as forestation.

Consumers Energy Pledge

2020
Declaration
Consumers Energy announced a goal to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, in part using strategies such as carbon capture and sequestration and large-scale tree planting.

BP Pledge

2020
Declaration
BP has pledged to reach net-zero emissions across all operations by 2050 and plans to use CCUS and natural climate sinks in the effort to achieve this goal.

SOLVING THE CLIMATE CRISIS: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and a Healthy, Resilient, and Just America

2020
Policy Proposal
Select Committee on the Climate Crisis Majority Staff
This report lays out a framework for comprehensive congressional action on climate change and identifies the need to develop and deploy a suite of natural and technological carbon removal solutions to reduce carbon pollution as quickly as possible.

The European Green Deal: New opportunities to scale up carbon capture and storage

2020
Think Tank Report
Eve Tamme
This Global CCS Institute report takes a closer look at the European Green Deal and highlights three main challenges for CCS in the existing legislation.

Congressional Testimony of Dr. S. Julio Friedmann, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University

2020
Hearings and Testimony
Julio Friedmann
Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing to examine the challenges and opportunities for large-scale carbon management.

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