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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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Clearing the Air: A Federal RD&D Initiative and Management Plan for Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies

2019
Think Tank Report
Energy Futures Initiative
This report provides a set of recommendations and detailed implementation plans for a 10-year, $10.7 billion research, development, and demonstration initiative in the United States to bring new pathways for technological CDR to commercial readiness.

Using Renewable Portfolio Standards to Accelerate Development of Negative Emission Technologies

2018
Scholarly Work
Anthony Chavez
This article discusses how states can use Renewable Portfolio Standards to incentivize the development of negative emission technologies.

H.R.1892 – Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018

2018
Enacted Legislation
This bill includes a provision to amend the U.S. tax code to provide a tax credit for carbon capture projects that securely store captured CO2 in geologic formations or beneficially use captured CO2.

Legal Pathways to Negative Emissions Technologies and Direct Air Capture of Greenhouse Gases

2018
Scholarly Work
Tracy Hester
This Article assesses the legal and policy challenges of decarbonizing the atmosphere itself through negative emission technologies and, in particular, direct air capture.

Going Negative: The Next Horizon in Climate Engineering Law

2018
Scholarly Work
Tracy Hester, Michael B. Gerrard
This article frames the emerging legal challenges for climate engineering research and deployment.

Negative Emissions Technologies and Carbon Capture and Storage to Achieve the Paris Agreement Commitments

2018
Scholarly Work
R. Stuart Haszeldine, Stephanie Flude, Gareth Johnson, Vivian Scott
This article is part of the theme issue ‘The Paris Agreement: understanding the physical and social challenges for a warming world of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels’.

Incentivize Negative Emissions Responsibly

2018
Scholarly Work
Rob Bellamy
This article explores why nation states need to incentivize negative emissions technologies if they are to take the decarbonization of whole energy systems seriously.

The Politics of Negative Emissions Technologies and Decarbonization in Rural Communities

2018
Scholarly Work
Holly Jean Buck
This paper analyzes prospective challenges for negative emissions through examining how decarbonization practices are evolving in one particular landscape: the Imperial Valley in southeast California, a desert landscape engineered for agriculture.

A Post-Paris Literature Review of Negative Emissions Technology, and Potential for Ireland

2018
Scholarly Work
Paul Price, Alwynne McGeever, Mike Jones , Barry McMullin
This report presents a comprehensive review of the existing literature on the potential forms of negative emissions technology (NET), with a particular focus on technology options suitable for deployment in Ireland.

Technological Carbon Removal in the United States

2018
Think Tank Report
James Mulligan, Gretchen Ellison, Kelly Levin, Colin McCormick
This paper explores the potential for technological carbon removal in the United States, identifies the needs likely to arise on the pathway to large-scale deployment, and considers way to begin addressing those needs.

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