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Carbon Capture, Use, and Sequestration (CCUS) Webinar
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Videocast: Section 45Q Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) credit
The European Union remains committed to achieving climate neutrality by 2050, as enshrined in the European Climate Law. That Law set a first intermediate target of at least a 55% net reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG)...more
The IRS today released guidance regarding certain reporting requirements for determining eligibility for the Section 45Q carbon oxide sequestration credit. The guidance, Notice 2026-1 (the Notice), addresses proposed...more
Welcome to Edition 39 of P2N0 covering the drive to avoid, reduce and remove greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to progress to net-zero GHG emissions (NZE). P2N0 covers significant news items globally, reporting on them in short...more
On 28 November 2025, the amendment of the Carbon Dioxide Storage and Transport Act (CCS Act), came into force. It sets the scene for building infrastructure for carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Germany on an industrial...more
What a difference a few years can make. Three years ago, American corporations were falling over themselves to make advertising claims that they would achieve “net zero” carbon emissions or would be “carbon-neutral” by a...more
The Conference of the Parties, the decision-making body responsible for monitoring and reviewing the implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, recently convened COP30, the 30th session of...more
Welcome to Edition 38 of P2N0 covering the drive to avoid, reduce and remove greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to progress to net-zero GHG emissions (NZE). P2N0 covers significant news items globally, reporting on them in short...more
In the context of regulating the Future Fuel Law (Law No. 14,933/2024), the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) launched, on November 17, 2025, Public Consultation No. 205, concerning the draft Decree that regulates Carbon...more
Transition finance is emerging as a key market tool to enable companies operating in high-emitting or hard-to-abate sectors to access funding. While it has been much discussed, it has lacked frameworks that provided it with...more
On November 12, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved Texas’s request for primacy over Class VI underground injection control (UIC) wells under the Safe Drinking Water Act, authorizing the Railroad...more
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation lifting moratorium on transportation of carbon dioxide by pipeline. ...more
On 29 October 2025, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero ("DESNZ") published the Carbon Budget and Growth Delivery Plan (the "Plan")– a policy framework setting out how the UK will meet its statutory Carbon Budgets...more
Welcome to Edition 37 of P2N0 covering the drive to avoid, reduce and remove greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to progress to net-zero GHG emissions (NZE)....more
In July 2025, Jones Day released a White Paper titled, "CCUS Regulation and Incentives in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Comparative Table for Strategic Decision-Making," followed by the publication in August of "Carbon Capture...more
Democratic and Republican AGs submitted separate comment letters opposing aspects of an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal to rescind the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP), which requires that major...more
Germany has unveiled an EUR 6 billion funding initiative that expands climate protection contracts to include carbon capture and storage (CCS), adjusts renewable energy deployment, and introduces regulatory relief for...more
No matter your views on climate change policy, there is no avoiding an increasing focus on carbon regulation, resiliency planning, and energy efficiency at nearly every level of government and business. Changes in carbon—and,...more
On 18 September 2025, the Australian Government released Australia’s Net Zero Plan (the “Net Zero Plan”), setting out an ambitious multi-sectoral plan to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions in Australia by...more
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)'s decision to cancel its Climate Change Mitigation pilot program for patents has not gone unnoticed in Canada. For Canadian policymakers and agri-tech innovators, this...more
Both Convergence and Divergence Seen in Emerging State Climate - Disclosure Bills A wave of climate-related disclosure bills in California, New York, Colorado, New Jersey, and Illinois share a common architecture yet...more
Jones Day released a White Paper titled, “CCUS Regulation and Incentives in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Comparative Table for Strategic Decision-Making.” This White Paper is a continuation on that topic, covering carbon...more
The government confirmed plans to expand the scope of the UK ETS to further align with the EU ETS, following discussion on potential reintegration....more
Carbon capture utilization and storage (“CCUS”) refers to technologies that enable carbon dioxide (“CO2”) emissions from industrial sources to be captured and either used in a way that limits or prevents them from being...more
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the OBBB), which significantly rolls back many of the core tax incentives that clean energy projects have relied on since the passage of the...more
Senate Draft of BBB Would Standardize and Reduce Value of 45Q Credit, Diminishing Incentives for Long-Term Carbon Storage - The Senate’s draft of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (BBB) proposes several material changes to...more