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Record Nr.

UNINA9910697882403321

Titolo

Climate change [[electronic resource] ] : federal actions will greatly affect the viability of carbon capture and storage as a key mitigation option : report to the Chairman of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, House of Representatives / / United States Government Accountability Office

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2008]

Descrizione fisica

ii, 66 pages : digital, PDF file

Soggetti

Emissions trading - United States - Evaluation

Carbon sequestration - United States - Measurement

Carbon dioxide sinks - United States - Measurement

Carbon dioxide mitigation - United States

Greenhouse gas mitigation - United States

Climatic changes - Risk management - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Oct. 1, 2008).

"September 2008."

Paper version available from: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.

"GAO-08-1080."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

As requested, GAO examined (1) key economic, legal, regulatory, and technological barriers impeding commercial-scale deployment of CCS technology and (2) actions the Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and other agencies are taking to overcome barriers to commercial-scale deployment of CCS technology.