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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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Carbon Capture and Storage and the London Protocol: Recent Efforts to Enable Transboundary CO2 Transfer

2013
Scholarly Work
Justine Garrett, Sean McCoy
This paper reviews international actions to remove the legal obstacles associated with the prohibition on transboundary CO2 transfer under the London Protocol.

The European Commission’s Consultative Communication on the Future of Carbon Capture and Storage in Europe

2013
Think Tank Report
John Scowcroft, Christopher Short, Mark Bonner
This is the Global CCS Institute submission in response to the European Commission’s Consultative Communication on the Future of Carbon Capture and Storage in Europe.

Regulating a Pilot Project in the Absence of Legislation Specific to Carbon Storage

2013
Scholarly Work
Namiko Ranasinghe
This paper sets out the journey of how the Otway Project, a pilot carbon storage project, was approved in the absence of legislation specific to regulating carbon storage.

California’s Policy Approach to Develop Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration as a Mitigation Technology

2013
Scholarly Work
Elizabeth Burton, Niall Mateer, John Beyer
This paper briefly summarizes the history of CCUS projects and related policy in California with the aim of understanding what factors beyond climate policy might be critical path barriers to CCUS technology adoption.

Miss. Code Ann. § 27-65-19

2013
Enacted Legislation
State of Mississippi
Applies a significantly reduced sales tax rate to carbon dioxide sold to enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects or permanent geological sequestration.

N.D. Admin. Code 43-05-01-01 et seq.

2013
Regulation
State of North Dakota
Provides permitting procedures and requirements for geologic storage of carbon dioxide, including environmental mandates, financial responsibility, recordkeeping and reporting.

The Public Pore Space: Enabling Carbon Capture and Sequestration by Reconceptualizing Subsurface Property Rights

2012
Scholarly Work
James Robert Zadick
Recognizing the complications inherent to private control over an essentially public action, this Note aims to demonstrate that pore space ownership should be vested in the public.

On Carbon Capture, Carbon Storage and Related International Legal Issues

2012
Scholarly Work
WU Yi-min
This article proposes that the legal issues concerning carbon capture and storage should be put in the post-Kyoto agreements regarding climate change.

Too little, too soon? An assessment of Australian carbon capture and storage legislation against the new standards set for the Clean Development Mechanism

2012
Scholarly Work
Amelia Thorpe
This article reviews the legal frameworks for CCS in Australia in the context of the 2011 agreement that was reached on the rules for inclusion of carbon capture and storage as part of the Clean Development Mechanism.

The Legal and Regulatory Issues Associated with Carbon Capture and Storage in Arctic States

2012
Scholarly Work
Nigel Bankes
This article offers a survey of the legal and regulatory issues associated with carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in the eight Arctic states.

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