Carbon Capture and Storage: Designing the Legal and Regulatory Framework for New Zealand
The purpose of this Report is to identify the best possible legal framework for carbon capture and storage (CCS) in New Zealand.
Carbon Capture & Storage Policy in China
This paper examines the state of CCUS in China as well as the related climate change policy, laws, and initiatives that might be used to encourage the large-scale deployment of carbon sequestration in China.
Convention on Biological Diversity COP 11 Decision XI/20
Decision adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity at its Eleventh Meeting on climate-related geoengineering.
Legal Liability for Carbon Capture and Storage in Australia: Where Should the Losses Fall?
This article presents a critical analysis of the current and proposed CCS legal frameworks across a number of jurisdictions in Australia in order to examine the legal treatment of the risks of carbon leakage from CCS operations.
A Cooperative Federalism Framework for CCS Regulation
This paper reviews the history of cooperative federalism and how it may provide a framework to determine appropriate roles for federal and state governments, and applies that framework to the gaps in the CCS regulatory structure.
The Emergence of Carbon Sequestration: An Introduction and Annotated Bibliography of Legal Aspects for CCS
This article provides an overview of the legal aspects and issues arising from CCS and contains an annotated bibliography of selected scholarly articles and an unannotated bibliography of significant governmental and non-governmental reports.
CCS Challenges and Opportunities for China
This IEA Clean Coal Centre report provides a review of China’s CCS research and development (R&D) programs, including the scope of the activities as well as the various funding sources.
CCSReg Project Model Legislation
This is model federal legislation to establish a comprehensive system for the safe and effective transport and geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide.
220 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. § 75/1 et seq.
The Carbon Dioxide Transportation and Sequestration Act regulates the construction of pipelines to transport carbon dioxide to sequestration and enhanced oil recovery, as “critical to the promotion and use of Illinois coal.”
Ind. Code § 14-39-1-1 et seq
Grants a certified CO2 pipeline company authority to condemn a right-of-way for construction of pipelines to transport CO2 to enhanced oil recovery (EOR), deep saline injection, or sequestration, inside or outside of Indiana.