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A coalition of organizations argues that weak guidelines for the 45V clean hydrogen tax credit could lead to increased net emissions and wasteful subsidies. They advocate for a 'three-pillar' system—additionality, deliverability, and hourly matching—to ensure hydrogen is truly low-carbon. The authors assert that these requirements are technically and economically feasible, citing existing tools like M-RETS and EnergyTag, as well as similar standards already adopted in the EU and UK.

The Clean Air Task Force supports the USE IT Act as a critical tool for developing a diversified portfolio of low-carbon technologies. The testimony emphasizes that meeting global temperature targets requires not only emission reductions but also negative emissions, which can be achieved through carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) and direct air capture (DAC). The author argues that the USE IT Act will catalyze innovation through prize competitions and facilitate the expansion of the US CO2 pipeline network, which currently stands at 4,500 miles but may need to reach 66,000 miles to support large-scale deployment.

The Clean Air Task Force supports the EPA's move to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants, asserting that carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a technologically ready and necessary tool for deep emissions cuts. The authors argue that CCS can reduce emissions from stationary sources by 90% and is essential for the U.S. to reach its target of an 80 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2050. They reject industry claims that the technology is not commercially viable, citing decades of industrial use and existing projects like the Kemper plant in Mississippi and the Texas Clean Energy Project. The document emphasizes that the Clean Air Act is intended to be "technology-forcing," driving innovation and scaling of emissions control technologies similar to the historical adoption of sulfur dioxide scrubbers.

The Clean Air Task Force (CATF) advocates for the inclusion of diverse CO2 transport and storage projects in the EU's PCI and PMI lists to enable the decarbonisation of hard-to-abate sectors. CATF emphasizes the need to expand infrastructure beyond the North Sea to Southern, Central, and Eastern Europe, and to develop flexible transport networks using pipelines, shipping, barges, and trains. The document highlights that by 2050, 300 to 640 million tonnes of CO2 must be captured and stored annually in the EU, with at least 30% of industrial emissions requiring transport to non-North Sea storage.