Scaling Up Climate Ambition: Carbon Capture, Removal, and Storage Priorities in the 117th Congress

The document outlines a policy package comprising 45Q tax credit enhancements, the SCALE Act for infrastructure, and the appropriation of the Energy Act of 2020, which together could increase US carbon management capacity 13-fold by the mid-2030s.

• A combination of proposed policies, including 45Q enhancements and the SCALE Act, could increase the carbon management capacity of the United States by 13 times by the mid-2030s, which would lower technology costs and facilitate global deployment.
• The 45Q tax credit requires four primary enhancements to unlock investment: the addition of a 'Direct Pay' option to help developers without sufficient taxable income, increasing credit values to at least $85 per metric ton for industrial applications and $180 per metric ton for direct air capture, extending the construction commencement window by 10 years to 2035, and removing eligibility thresholds that currently limit the credit to the largest CO2 sources.
• The SCALE (Storing CO2 and Lowering Emissions) Act is proposed to address the 'chicken-and-egg' challenge of CO2 infrastructure by providing DOE cost-sharing for commercial storage, increasing EPA funding for Class VI well permitting, and establishing the CO2 Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (CIFIA) to provide low-interest loans and grants for transport infrastructure.
• The document urges Congress to fully appropriate the Energy Act of 2020 to fund front-end engineering design (FEED) studies and six carbon capture, removal, and storage demonstrations to enable learning-by-doing and cost reductions.

APA

Clean Air Task Force (n.d.). Scaling Up Climate Ambition: Carbon Capture, Removal, and Storage Priorities in the 117th Congress. https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/21092255/CATF_CCSLegislation-Fact-Sheet-5-25-21.pdf

Chicago

Clean Air Task Force. Scaling Up Climate Ambition: Carbon Capture, Removal, and Storage Priorities in the 117th Congress. n.d. https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/21092255/CATF_CCSLegislation-Fact-Sheet-5-25-21.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{cleanairtaskforcendscaling, author = {{Clean Air Task Force}}, title = {{Scaling Up Climate Ambition: Carbon Capture, Removal, and Storage Priorities in the 117th Congress}}, institution = {Clean Air Task Force}, url = {https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/21092255/CATF_CCSLegislation-Fact-Sheet-5-25-21.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }