CCS Reg

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CCS Reg is a project headed by Carnegie Mellon University's Engineering and Public Policy Department with participation from "experts from the University of Minnestota, Vermont Law School and Van Ness Feldman law firm".[1] The aim of the project is "to design and facilitate the rapid adoption of a U.S. regulatory environment for the capture, transport and geological sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2)."[2]

Funding

The project is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. In 2008 the foundation stated that it had allocated $1,850,000 over 2.5 years "to enable a team of investigators at Carnegie Mellon, University of Minnesota, Vermont Law School and other institutions to work with a wide range of stakeholders and experts to design a regulatory structure for the capture, transport and deep geological sequestration of carbon dioxide in the United States." [3]

CCS Reg Project Team

On its website, CCS Reg lists the members of the project team as:[4]

Carnegie Mellon University

University of Minnesota

Vermont Law School

Van Ness Feldman

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References

  1. ↑ "Project Team", Engineering and Public Policy Department, College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, accessed May 2010.
  2. ↑ "CCSReg Project", Engineering and Public Policy Department, College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, accessed May 2010.
  3. ↑ Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Foundation, "Climate change", Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Foundation website, accessed May 2008.
  4. ↑ "Project Team", Engineering and Public Policy Department, College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, accessed May 2010.

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