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H. Con. Res. 52

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Committee on Energy and Commerce

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116

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165 Cong. Rec. H5303

would express the sense of Congress that there is a climate emergency that demands a massive-scale mobilization to halt, reverse, and address its consequences and causes.

H.R. 3623

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Committee on Financial Services and Committee on Energy and Commerce

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116

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165 Cong. Rec. H5272

would amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to disclose certain activities relating to climate change.

S. 2084

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Committee on Environment and Public Works

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116

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165 Cong. Rec. S4773

would amend Title 23, U.S. Code, to require transportation planners to consider projects and strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

S. 2075

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Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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116

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165 Cong. Rec. S4773

would amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to disclose certain activities relating to climate change.

S. 2057

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Committee on Environment and Public Works

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116

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165 Cong. Rec. S4698

would establish a National Climate Bank.

Overcoming Impediments to Offshore CO2 Storage: Legal Issues in the United States and Canada

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Romany M. Webb and Michael B. Gerrard

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Romany M. Webb is an Associate Research Scholar at Columbia Law School and Senior Fellow at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. Michael B. Gerrard is the Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia Law School and Faculty Director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law.

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July 2019

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10634

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Limiting future temperature increases and associated climate change requires immediate action to prevent additional carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere and to lower the existing atmospheric carbon dioxide load. This could be advanced through carbon capture and storage (CCS), which involves collecting carbon dioxide that would otherwise be released by power plants or similar facilities and injecting it into underground geologic formations, where it will remain permanently sequestered. The techniques developed for CCS can also be used to sequester carbon dioxide that has been removed from the atmosphere using direct air capture or other negative emission technologies. Past CCS research has primarily focused on sequestering carbon dioxide onshore, for example, in depleted oil and gas reservoirs or deep saline aquifers. This Article explores the legal framework governing sub-seabed carbon dioxide injection (offshore CCS) in U.S. and Canadian waters, particularly the Cascadia Basin, where there is a large sub-seabed basalt rock formation with significant storage potential.

Center for Biological Diversity v. United States Department of State

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H.R. 3309

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Tue, 06/18/2019 - 12:00

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Committee on Armed Services

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116

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165 Cong. Rec. H4770

would direct the Secretary of Defense to report on vulnerabilities from sea-level rise to certain military installations located outside the continental United States.

H.R. 3282

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Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

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116

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165 Cong. Rec. H4695

would authorize the Secretary of Energy to establish a prize competition for the research, development, or commercialization of technology that would reduce the amount of carbon in the atmosphere, including by capturing carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere.

S. 1864

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Committee on Environment and Public Works

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116

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165 Cong. Rec. S3476

would require transparency in reporting the greenhouse gas impacts of products procured by certain federal agencies.

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