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Publish date: May 17, 2010
Written by: Veronica Webster
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The Directive is key to the deployment of CO2 capture and storage (CCS) in Europe and must be transposed into national law in all EU Member states by the end of 2011.
The UCL overview describes the basic structure of the liability regime in the Directive. It considers which responsibilities fall on the CO2 storage permit holder and which on the relevant public authorities in each EU Member State. It also explains that a sanctioning procedure must be established in each member state, as well as the closure and post-closure obligations of the storage permit holder.
The overview can be accessed online and a copy of the Directive can be found here.
Recent attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "mark the beginning of a new and gravely dangerous front of the war," the UN atomic agency's director general said last week.
After years of inaction, Germany is working on its Carbon Management Strategy to resolve how CCS can play a role in climate action in industry. At the end of February, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action published first key points and a proposal to amend the law Kohlenstoffdioxid Speicherungsgesetz (KSpG). Bellona Deutschland, who was actively involved in the previous stakeholder dialogue submitted a statement in the association hearing.
In the midst of a global discussion on whether natural gas should be used as a transitional fuel and whether emissions from its extraction, production, transport and use are significantly less than those from other fossil fuels, Russia has developed ambitious plans to increase its own production of liquified natural gas (LNG) in the Arctic – a region with 75% of proven gas reserves in Russia – to raise its share in the international gas trade.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our main focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution risks and climate change.