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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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Overcoming Impediments to Offshore CO2 Storage: Legal Issues in the United States and Canada

2019
Scholarly Work
Romany Webb, Michael Gerrard
This article explores the legal frameworks governing sub-seabed carbon dioxide injection (offshore CCS) in U.S. and Canadian waters, particularly in the Cascadia Basin.

The Stormy Emergence of Geoengineering in the International Law of the Sea

2019
Scholarly Work
Sophie Gambardella
This study aims to look at the role that international environmental law, both climate law and international law of the marine environment, could or should play in the development of marine geoengineering activities.

Fuel to the Fire: How Geoengineering Threatens to Entrench Fossil Fuels and Accelerate the Climate Crisis

2019
Think Tank Report
Center for International Environmental Law
This report investigates the early, ongoing, and often surprising role of the fossil fuel industry in developing, patenting, and promoting key geoengineering technologies.

Declaration on Nordic Carbon Neutrality

2019
Declaration
The Nordic governments
A declaration by Finland, Iceland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark to catalyze the development of technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and to maintain or enhance natural carbon sinks.

Evidence Brief: Governing Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal and Solar Radiation Modification

2019
Think Tank Report
Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative (C2G)
This briefing summarizes the latest evidence around Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) including applicable governance frameworks and other socio-political considerations.

Policy Brief: Governing Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal

2019
Think Tank Report
Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative (C2G)
This policy brief identifies the governance challenges around marine carbon dioxide removal.

S.1201 – EFFECT Act of 2019

2019
Proposed Legislation
This bill directs the Department of Energy to replace its existing fossil energy research and development technology programs with new programs that research and develop fossil fuel technology for carbon capture, utilization, storage, or removal.

H.R.5435 – American Public Lands and Waters Climate Solution Act of 2019

2019
Proposed Legislation
This bill requires the National Academies of Sciences to conduct a study into how U.S. government can meet the net emission reduction targets in the bill by increasing CCUS on public lands and nature-based solutions on ocean and coastal public lands.

H.R.3607 – Fossil Energy Research and Development Act of 2019

2019
Proposed Legislation
This bill expands Department of Energy (DOE) research, development, and demonstration programs for fossil energy, including CCS, carbon utilization, and carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere.

S.2284 – Climate Action Rebate Act of 2019

2019
Proposed Legislation
This bill places a price of $15 per metric ton on carbon dioxide that increases by $15 each year, with direct rebates provided for CCUS and direct air capture (DAC) and 5% of the revenue going to energy innovation projects in technology such as DAC.

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