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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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Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 382.501 et seq

2009
Enacted Legislation
State of Texas
Subchapter K tilted "Offshore Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide" authorizes various state agencies to construct an offshore, deep subsurface geologic repository for carbon dioxide on state-owned land.

W. Va. Code Ann. § 22-11A-1 et seq.

2009
Enacted Legislation
State of West Virginia
Establishes legal and regulatory framework for permitting of CO2 sequestration sites and empowers the Department of Environmental Protection to permit and monitor carbon sequestration sites.

H.R.1 – American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

2009
Enacted Legislation
111th U.S. Congress (2009-2010)
This bill included $800 million for CCS technology for coal-fired plants, $1.52 billion for industrial CCS projects, and $1 billion for a stand-alone integrated power plant project incorporating CCS.

An Assessment of Carbon Capture and Storage under EC Competition Law

2008
Scholarly Work
Hans Vedder
This paper aims to investigate the effects CCS has on the competitive situation in the European Union and propose solutions to some of the problems that will be identified.

Carbon Capture and Storage Under the Clean Development Mechanism – An Overview of Regulatory Challenges

2008
Scholarly Work
Anatole Boute
This article identifies how the Clean Development Mechanism could provide financial incentives to enable the implementation of carbon capture and storage projects.

Legal and regulatory challenges in the implementation of CO2 geological storage: An Alberta and Canadian perspective

2008
Scholarly Work
Stefan Dachu
This paper reviews the current provincial and federal legislation and regulations in Canada to show that the existing legal and regulatory regime is reasonably sufficient, with some modifications, to accommodate the injection phase of carbon capture.

Australian Legislation on Carbon Capture and Storage: A Canadian Perspective

2008
Scholarly Work
Nigel Bankes, Jenette Poschwatta
This paper offers a critique of Australian CCS legislation from a Canadian perspective and identifies what Canadian regulators and companies can learn from the Australian approach.

Geosequestration in Australia: Existing and Proposed Regulatory Mechanisms

2008
Scholarly Work
James Fahey, Rosemary Lyster
This article is concerned with key legal and regulatory issues associated with establishing and operating geosequestration projects in Australia.

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Deployment – Can Canada Capitalize on Experience?

2008
Scholarly Work
Drew Thomson, Anshuman Khare
This paper presents an overview of Canada's experience with carbon capture & storage (CCS) initiatives and examines the success Canada has had with carbon capture and storage.

Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration: Assessing a Liability Regime for the Long-term Storage of Carbon Dioxide

2008
Scholarly Work
Alexandra B. Klass, Elizabeth J. Wilson
This article surveys the existing environmental law and tort law liability regimes that may cover potential harm from escaping or migrating C02 from CCS activities.

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