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Carbon Dioxide Removal


Direct Air Capture

Direct air capture is the technique of scrubbing carbon dioxide directly from the sky through large mechanical facilities. The technique can be used to obtain carbon for making a byproduct or fuel. Direct air capture and storage (DACS) means storing that carbon dioxide in a long-term reservoir. The two main approaches involve either (1) liquids or surfaces that chemically interact with carbon dioxide, or (2) membranes that physically trap the carbon dioxide on solid surfaces.
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Full Committee Hearing on “Cleaning the Air: Legislation to Promote Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage”

2020
Hearings and Testimony
Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change of the Committee on Energy and Commerce
This hearing considered H.R. 1166, the "Utilizing Significant Emissions with Innovative Technologies (USE IT) Act.

Congressional Testimony of Jason Albritton, The Nature Conservancy

2020
Hearings and Testimony
Jason Albritton
Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change on "Clearing the Air: Legislation to Promote Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage."

Congressional Testimony of Sasha Mackler, Bipartisan Policy Center

2020
Hearings and Testimony
Sasha Mackler
Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change on "Clearing the Air: Legislation to Promote Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage."

Congressional Testimony of Lee Anderson, Utility Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO

2020
Hearings and Testimony
Lee Anderson
Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change on "Clearing the Air: Legislation to Promote Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage."

Negative-Emission Technologies and Patent Rights after COVID-19

2020
Scholarly Work
Joshua D. Sarnoff
This article proposes various measures that can be adopted by national governments and private funders to minimize any forthcoming worldwide conflicts that will arise over balancing innovation incentives for, and affordable access to, patented NETs.

Capturing Opportunity: Law and Policy Solutions to Accelerate Engineered Carbon Removal in California

2020
Policy Proposal
Ethan N. Elkind, Ted Lamm, Katie Segal
This policy brief outlines policy proposals for deploying engineered carbon removal technologies in California, including the key barriers limiting development progress and actionable solutions to overcome those barriers.

Carbon Dioxide Removal After Paris

2019
Scholarly Work
Albert Lin
This article explores key issues of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) governance, such as promoting the generation of information, mainstreaming CDR into public and policy discussions, and furthering CDR development while avoiding lock-in of technology.

Negative Emissions: Priorities for Research and Policy Design

2019
Scholarly Work
Mathilde Fajardy, Piera Patrizio, Habiba Ahut Daggash, Niall Mac Dowell
This report discusses the main technical, socio-economic and regulatory bottlenecks at a regional level, and provides direction for further research.

Beyond “Net-Zero”: A Case for Separate Targets for Emissions Reduction and Negative Emissions

2019
Scholarly Work
Duncan P. Mclaren, David P. Tyfield, Rebecca Willis, Bronislaw Szerszynski, Nils O. Markusson
This policy brief outlines a proposal for formal separation of negative emissions targets and accounting from emissions reduction.

Fuel to the Fire: How Geoengineering Threatens to Entrench Fossil Fuels and Accelerate the Climate Crisis

2019
Think Tank Report
Center for International Environmental Law
This report investigates the early, ongoing, and often surprising role of the fossil fuel industry in developing, patenting, and promoting key geoengineering technologies.

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