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Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage


Carbon Capture and Storage

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the technological process of capturing carbon dioxide from a power plant or industrial activity and the storage of that captured carbon dioxide in an underground basalt formation, saline aquifer, depleted oil and gas reservoir, or sub-sea geologic formation.
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An Action Plan for Carbon Capture and Storage in California: Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions

2020
Think Tank Report
Energy Futures Initiative, Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford Center for Carbon Storage
This study provides policymakers with fundamental actions, key enablers, and opportunities for helping California meet its near-term emissions reduction goals with carbon capture and storage (CCS).

Proposed CLEAN Future Act

2020
Proposed Legislation
U.S. Congress
This bill would create a DOE carbon capture and utilization technology commercialization program to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, cost, and environmental performance of fossil fuel-fired facilities, and a DAC technology prize program.

Full Committee Hearing on “Cleaning the Air: Legislation to Promote Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage”

2020
Hearings and Testimony
Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change of the Committee on Energy and Commerce
This hearing considered H.R. 1166, the "Utilizing Significant Emissions with Innovative Technologies (USE IT) Act.

Congressional Testimony of Dr Laurel Harmon, LanzaTech Inc.

2020
Hearings and Testimony
Laurel Harmon
Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change on "Clearing the Air: Legislation to Promote Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage."

Congressional Testimony of Jason Albritton, The Nature Conservancy

2020
Hearings and Testimony
Jason Albritton
Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change on "Clearing the Air: Legislation to Promote Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage."

Congressional Testimony of John Noel, Greenpeace USA

2020
Hearings and Testimony
John Noel
Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change on "Clearing the Air: Legislation to Promote Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage."

Congressional Testimony of Sasha Mackler, Bipartisan Policy Center

2020
Hearings and Testimony
Sasha Mackler
Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change on "Clearing the Air: Legislation to Promote Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage."

Congressional Testimony of Lee Anderson, Utility Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO

2020
Hearings and Testimony
Lee Anderson
Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change on "Clearing the Air: Legislation to Promote Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage."

Congressional Testimony of Jason Begger, Wyoming Infrastructure Authority

2020
Hearings and Testimony
Jason Begger
Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change on "Clearing the Air: Legislation to Promote Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage."

Capturing Opportunity: Law and Policy Solutions to Accelerate Engineered Carbon Removal in California

2020
Policy Proposal
Ethan N. Elkind, Ted Lamm, Katie Segal
This policy brief outlines policy proposals for deploying engineered carbon removal technologies in California, including the key barriers limiting development progress and actionable solutions to overcome those barriers.

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