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San Francisco v. EPA: Impact on Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal

Law Columbia

In a 5-4 decision, the Court curtailed the Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) authority under the Clean Water Act (CWA) to issue pollutant discharge permits. The case involved a wastewater treatment facility that discharged treated water into San Francisco Bay under a CWA permit issued by EPA. How is mCDR affected?

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Regulation of Seaweed Cultivation and Sinking for Carbon Dioxide Removal in Alaska: New Sabin Center Report

Law Columbia

It is also necessary to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere (a process known as carbon dioxide removal or CDR). Seaweed naturally converts dissolved carbon dioxide in ocean water into organic carbon through photosynthesis.

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New Report on Liability Considerations for Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal in the U.S.

Law Columbia

Scientists have identified a number of land- and ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) approaches. Early efforts primarily focused on land-based approaches, but interest in ocean-based approaches, also known as marine CDR, has grown in recent years. ocean waters. judge-made) law.

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Regulating Ocean Regulating Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement in Washington State Enhancement in Washington State

Law Columbia

Our planet is undergoing significant changes due to climate disruption, with especially severe impacts on the ocean. The Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change underscores the urgent need the advance carbon dioxide removal (CDR) as a complement to (but not a substitute for) emissions reductions.

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Wetland Protections Remain Bogged Down in Mystery 

Union of Concerned Scientists

It is mind- bog -gling, syllable pun intended, that scientists still do not know how many wetlands lost protection in last year’s crippling of the Clean Water Act by the Supreme Court. Alito famously said that carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning, a key contributor to global warming, is not a pollutant.

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Removing Carbon Dioxide Through Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement: Legal Challenges and Opportunities

Law Columbia

Ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) is one of several proposed techniques for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it in the oceans. OAE seeks to counteract ocean acidification, while also increasing carbon storage in the oceans. By Romany M. Webb and Korey Silverman-Roati.

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Removing Carbon Dioxide Through Seaweed Cultivation: Legal Challenges and Opportunities

Law Columbia

The Sabin Center today released the second in a series of white papers discussing legal issues associated with different ocean-based carbon dioxide removal techniques. the growing of kelp and other macroalgae which may be harvested for food, bioenergy, or other uses or sunk in the ocean to sequester the carbon it contains.