Carbon capture and storage (CCS), sometimes described as carbon capture and sequestration or carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), is increasingly viewed as a critical means of minimizing the impacts of climate change.  As its name suggests, CCS is a process that collects carbon dioxide from either  industrial emissions or directly from the atmosphere itself, transports the carbon dioxide through pipelines or other infrastructure, and sequesters it, generally in the pores of a viable subsurface geological formation.  Although CCS holds promise, there are numerous technical, legal, and policy hurdles that remain to be cleared.  The Center for Energy Law and Policy at Penn State (CELP) has assembled an interdisciplinary team to analyze some of the barriers to successful implementation of CCS and to explore potential legal and policy pathways for addressing these barriers.  Our team includes:

• Seth Blumsack, PhD, Co-Director of the Center for Energy Law and Policy and Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics and International Affairs
• Hannah Wiseman, JD, Co-Director of the Center for Energy Law and Policy, Professor of Law, and Professor and Wilson Faculty Fellow in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
• Anne Menefee, PhD, Assistant Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
• Michael Helbing, JD, Staff Attorney, Center for Energy Law and Policy