N.M. Stat. Ann. § 7-2-18.25
Provides tax credit incentive for coal-based generating plants achieving 1,100 lbs. CO2/MWh, including through carbon capture and sequestration.
Tex. Water Code Ann. § 27.041 et seq.
Gives jurisdiction over CO2 injection to Railroad Commission and authorizes the Commission to permit, collect fees for, and prescribe operational standards for CO2 storage facilities.
Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
This Directive sets out the legislative framework concerning the environmentally safe storage of carbon dioxide in the European Union Member States as well as their exclusive economic zones and continental shelves.
Environmental bonds and the challenge of long-term carbon sequestration
The paper examines the use of bonding to address environmental problems and looks at its possible application to CCS projects.
The legal and political framework for CCS and its implications for a European Utility
This paper reviews the European Directive on CCS from the perspective of a European utility.
CCS for Germany: Policy, R&D and demonstration activities
The paper presents a 2009 snapshot of German R&D and demonstration activities in the field of CCS technologies with the focus on the policy aspect.
The EU enabling legal framework for carbon capture and geological storage
This paper explains the proposed enabling legal framework for carbon capture and geological storage that was part of the European Commission's 2008 Barroso Package on Climate Change and Energy.
Global learning on carbon capture and storage: A call for strong international cooperation on CCS demonstration
This paper argues that developing strong international cooperation for CCS demonstration, with global coordination, transparency, cost-sharing and communication as guiding principles, would optimize collaborative global learning on CCS.
Greenhouse Gas Geological Sequestration Regulations 2009
These regulations provide for the elimination or minimization of the environmental, health and safety hazards and risks associated with greenhouse gas sequestration operations, and prescribe administrative matters, fees and other requirements.
Pore space ownership issues for CO2 sequestration in the U.S.
This paper reviews a broad range of case law relevant to subsurface property rights and carbon dioxide sequestration and finds that U.S. state courts' application of basic common law principles is in fact consistent across all jurisdictions examined.