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carbon sequestration and credits

 

 

carbon credit trading

 

   scholarship

   2013. Fraas, Wyatt. Banking on Carbon: Policy Considerations for Carbon Payments and Sequestration in Agriculture

   2010. Jiang, Y. and Won W. Koo. How Would Cap-and-Trade Climate Policy Affect Agricultural Producers

   2010. Reed, Debbie. Carbon and Agriculture: Getting Measurable Results

   2009. Clark, Tony. If Cap and Trade is the Answer, Somebody is Asking the Wrong Question

   2009. van Kooten, G. Cornelis. Biological Carbon Sequestration and Carbon Trading Re-Visited

   2008. Lemmer, Mary E. Voluntary Carbon Confusion: A Consumer’s Guide to Purchasing Carbon Offsets (...) 

   2004. Kempka, Dick and Dawn Browne. Ducks Unlimited. Terrestrial Carbon Offsets for Industry Portfolios

 

   resources

   2014. Agricultural Conservation Easement Program

   2013. Interpol Guide to Carbon Trading Crime

   2012. Dell, Randell, et.al. ACR. Methodology for Avoided Conversion of Grassland and Shrublands to Crop Production

   2012. The American Carbon Registry Validation and Verification Guideline

   2012. California Air Resources Board. Requirements for offset credits and how are they issued?

   2007. A Landowner’s Guide to Carbon Sequestration Credits 

   1998. Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

 

   news

   2014.10.22. Lee, Jan. What Makes a Quality Carbon Offset

   2014.9.27. Davenport, Coral. President's Drive for Carbon Pricing Fails to Win at Home

   2014.5.15. Wagner, Gernot. Carbon pricing vs. regulation: An economist weighs in

   2014.2.14. NRCS. USDA to Invest in Prairie Pothole Landscape Effort

   2010.12.21. Gunderson, Dan. Without climate legislation, carbon market collapses

   2009.12.3. The Economist, Special Report. Cap and tirade

   2007.11.20. Ducks Unlimited. Carbon Credits Finance New Approach to Large-Scale Conservation

 

 

terrestrial carbon sequestration (models and practice) 

 

   scholarship

   2014. Yi, Chuixiang, et.al. Warming climate extends dryness-controlled areas of terrestrial carbon sequestration

   2013. Byrd, Kristin, et. al. Quantifying climate change mitigation potential in the United States Great Plains wetlands (...)

   2012. Diaz, David, et.al., Climate Action Reserve. Evaluation of Avoided Grassland Conversion and Cropland Conversion to Grassland             2011. Eckles, Diane S. Linking science, policy, and management to conserve wetlands in agricultural landscapes

   2011. Euliss, Ned H. Jr., et.al. Integrating estimates of ecosystem services from conservation programs and practices (...)

   2011. Fennessy, Siobhan and Christopher Craft. Agricultural conservation practices increase wetland ecosystem services (...)

   2011. Gleason, R.A., et.al. USDA conservation program and practice effects on wetland ecosystem services in the Prairie Pothole (...) 

   2011. Smith, Loren M., et.al. Ecosystem services provided by playas in the High Plains

   2010. Fahey, T., et.al. Forest carbon storage: ecology, management, and policy

   2010. Follett, Ronald F. and Debbie A. Reed. Soil Carbon Sequestration in Grazing Lands: Societal Benefits and Policy Implications

   2008. Bangsund, Dean A. and F. Larry Leistritz. Review of literature on policy of carbon sequestration in agricultural soils

   2008. Nater, Edward and Cheryl Miller. Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration Monitoring Networks and Demonstration Sites: Part II,                                  Report to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources From the Minnesota Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration Initiative

   2008. Anderson, Jim, et. al. The Potential for Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration in Minnesota: A Report to the Department of Natural                            Resources from the Minnesota Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration Initiative

   2007. Derner, J.D. and G.E. Schuman. Carbon sequestration and rangelands: A synthesis of land management and precipitation (...)

   2006. Lehmann, Johannes, et. al. Bio-Char Sequestration in Terrestrial Ecosystems-A Review

   2006. Lennon, Megan and E.A. Nater. Biophysical Aspects of Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration in Minnesota

   2006. Miller, Cheryll and D. Current. Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration: A Survey of Policies and Programs

   2006. Polasky, Stephen and Y. Liu. The Supply of Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration: A Survey of Policies and Programs

   2005. Gleason, Robert A., et.al. Potential of Restored Prairie Wetlands in the Glaciated North American Prairie (...)

   2004. Houghton, R.A. and C.L. Goodale. Effects of Land-Use Change on the Carbon Balance of Terrestrial Ecosystems

   2004. Hunt, E. Raymond, et. al.  Estimation of Carbon Sequestration by Combining Remote Sensing and Net Ecosystem Exchange                                Data for Northern Mixed-Grass Prairie and Sagebrush-Steppe Ecosystems

   2001. Conant, R.T., et.al. Grassland Management and Conversion into Grassland Effects on Soil Carbon

 

resources

   2013. DOE/NETL. Best Practices for: Public Outreach and Education for Carbon Storage Projects

   2012. NACAP. North American Carbon Storage Atlas

   2010. MBWSR. Sequestration practices

   2010. MBWSR. Tillage

   2010. MBWSR. Grasslands

   2010. NETL. Best Practices for: Terrestrial Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide

   2009. Union of Concerned Scientists. Agricultural Practices and Carbon Sequestration

   2008. NETL. Terrestrial Sequestration Program: Capture and Storage of Carbon in Terrestrial Ecosystems

   2008. PCOR. Best Management Practices for Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration on Private Lands in the Prairie Pothole Region

   2007. PCOR. Cobenefits of Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration in the PCOR Partnership Region

news

   

   2015.5.12. Melancon, J. Merritt. Farmland Management Changes Can Boost Carbon Sequestration Rates

 

carbon trading crime

 

   scholarship

   2014. Jones, Todd. Protecting Carbon Markets From Boiler Room Activities: Overview and Recommendations for Market Participants

   2012. Monterubio, John. Recognition of Property Rights in Carbon Credits under California’s New Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade                              Program

   2009. Schwartz, Tessa and William Sloan. Carbon Value in Transactions: A Legal Perspective

 

   resources

   EPA Criminal Prosecutions Summary Database

   2013. Interpol Guide to Carbon Trading Crime

 

   news

   2013.8.28. Labrecque, Simon and Michael Garellek. Canada: The Carbon Market & Tax Considerations In The Trading Of Carbon                                         Credits

   2009.9.25. Kirkland, Joel. The possibility of carbon-trading fraud elbows into Senate debate

   2008.1.03. Joyce, Christopher. Carbon Offsets: Government Warns of Fraud

 

 

legislation and government data

 

scholarship

   2014. Center for Climate and Energy Solutions. President Obama’s Climate Action Plan: One Year Later

   2014. Eve, Marlen, et.al. USDA Technical Bulletin 1939.  Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Agriculture and Forestry

   2012. Ciborowski, Peter and Anne Claflin. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Minnesota: 1970-2008  

   2012. Congressional Budget Office. Federal Efforts to Reduce the Cost of Capturing and Storing Carbon Dioxide

   2009. Folger, Peter. Congressional Research Service. Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS)

   2008. Gleason, Robert. ed., et.al. USGS Professional Paper.  Ecosystem Services Derived from Wetland Conservation Practices in the                          United States Prairie Pothole Region with an Emphasis on the U.S. Department of Agriculture Conservation Reserve and                                    Wetlands Reserve Programs

   2008. MCCAG. Minnesota Climate Change Advisory Group Final Report: A Report to the Minnesota Legislature

   2007. Congressional Budget Office. Potential for Carbon Sequestration in the United States

   2005. Chan, Melissa and Sarah Forbes. DOE/NETL. Carbon Sequestration Role in State and Local Actions

   2003. Ciborowski, Peter, et.al. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Minnesota Climate Change Action Plan

 

resources

   2013. The President’s Climate Action Plan

   2012. ND Administrative Code-Article 43-05-01--2012 Rule Changes to Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide

   2011. SB 2318—Legislative Management Study- Carbon Dioxide Storage Easements

   2011. HF 1669- Reservation and Purchase of Wetland, Wildlife, and Carbon Sequestration Credits

   2010. NRCS. Conservation Innovation Grant Program for Reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions and Promoting Carbon                            Sequestration

   2010. ND Administrative Code- Article 43-05 Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide

   2009. SB2139-- relating to ownership of subsurface pore space; and to provide for application

   2009. SB2095-- relating to the geologic storage of carbon dioxide; to repeal section 38-08-24 of the North Dakota Century Code,

   2009. The American Clean Energy and Security Act (Waxman-Markey Bill)—Bill Text

   2009. The American Clean Energy and Security Act (Waxman-Markey Bill)—Bill Summary

   2007. SF 145- relating to energy; modifying and adding provisions relating to energy efficiency and conservation, energy savings and              audits, energy projects and information

 

news

   2013-2001. NETL. Carbon Storage Newsletter Archives

 

 

regional carbon sequestration news and publications

 

   scholarship

   2009. Renner, Randy, et. al. Deliverable D54: Task 5—Terrestrial Field Validation Test Regional Technology Implementation Plan

   2008. Nater, Edward and Cheryl Miller. Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration Monitoring Networks and Demonstration Sites: Part II,                        Report to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources From the Minnesota Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration Initiative

   2008. Anderson, Jim, et. al. The Potential for Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration in Minnesota: A Report to the Department of Natural                  Resources from the Minnesota Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration Initiative

   2006. Lennon, Megan and E.A. Nater. Biophysical Aspects of Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration in Minnesota

   2006. Miller, Cheryll and D. Current. Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration: A Survey of Policies and Programs

   2006. Polasky, Stephen and Y. Liu. The Supply of Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration: A Survey of Policies and Programs

   2004. Kempka, Dick and Dawn Browne. Ducks Unlimited. Terrestrial Carbon Offsets for Industry Portfolios

 

   resources

   2014. Schultz, Peter. “Introducing the Longspur Prairie Fund: Dr. Peter Schultz @ TEDxFargo”

   2012. Dell, Randell, et.al. ACR. Methodology for Avoided Conversion of Grassland and Shrublands to Crop Production

   2013. PCOR. Plains CO2 Reduction Partnership: Phase III Prospectus

   2007. NETL. Plains CO2 Reduction Partnership—Phase III, Development

   2005. NETL. Plains CO2 Reduction Partnership—Phase II, Validation

   2003. NETL. Plains CO2 Reduction Partnership—Phase I, Characterization

 

   news

   2014.11.24. Burger, Andrew. Chevrolet Invests in Grasslands Conservation Carbon Credits

   2014.3.27. ACR. American Carbon Registry Present Annual Awards for Outstanding Environmental Achievements

   2013.10.30. Carr, Donald. Conservation Partnership Celebrates Innovative Prairie Preservation Project

   2010.8.19. DOE. DOE Regional Partnership Successfully Demonstrates Terrestrial CO2 Storage Practices (...)

   2010.4. Ag Innovation News. ‘U’ trials test biochar’s fertilizer value

   2008.6.28. Ness, Erik. Preserving Prairie Potholes 

 

 

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