CCS Legal and Regulatory Indicator (CCS-LRI)
The Global CCS Institute’s 2018 CCS Legal and Regulatory Indicator (the CCS-LRI) offers an examination and assessment of national legal and regulatory CCS frameworks in 55 countries.
The role of CCS in meeting climate policy targets: Understanding the potential contribution of CCS to a low carbon world, and the policies that may support that contribution
This Global CCS Institute commissioned report examines novel or adaptive CCS legal and regulatory frameworks in other countries and attempts to draw lessons around issues in deployment from case studies of analogous technologies and systems.
The pore space scramble; challenges and opportunities for subsurface governance
This paper highlights three challenges of pore space governance from a UK perspective: ownership, access, and long term stewardship.
Carbon Capture Coalition Letter Re: Section 45Q Carbon Sequestration Credit
This is the Carbon Capture Coalition’s model guidance on the 45Q tax credit implementation, submitted to Department of the Treasury.
CarbonSAFE: Commercialization of Emerging Environmental Sustainability Technologies: CCS Development & Implementation Policy
This report, developed in support of the CarbonSAFE initiative, was assembled to assist in identifying local, state, and national regulatory and policy positions impacting the establishment of a CCS storage complex.
Three layers of energy law for examining CO2 transport for carbon-capture and storage
This research provides a legal analysis concerning four scenarios for cross-border carbon dioxide (CO2) transport that could increase the deployment of carbon-capture and storage (CCS) deployment in Europe.
Carbon Removal Policy: Opportunities for Federal Action
This report equips policymakers with information on the legislative barriers and opportunities to make federal policies that accelerate the progress of carbon-removing enterprises.
S.843 – Carbon Capture Improvement Act of 2017
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the issuance of tax-exempt facility bonds for the financing of qualified carbon dioxide capture facilities.
S.1535 – FUTURE Act
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify the tax credit for carbon dioxide sequestration.
H. 6011 – The Geoengineering Act of 2017
This bill would provide that a person seeking to engage in geoengineering activities would require a license from the director of the Department of Environmental Management.