Letter to Congress: Carbon Capture Coalition Calls for Increased Federal Funding

April 10, 2019 in Carbon Management, News & Press Author: Jennifer Christensen

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The Carbon Capture Coalition, which is co-convened by GPI, recently sent a letter asking members of Congress to support continued robust federal funding for research, development, and demonstration of carbon capture, utilization, storage, and removal technologies and applications as they consider appropriations for the FY 2020 Omnibus. The letter to congressional appropriators was sent on behalf of the more than 60 companies, unions, and energy and agricultural organizations in the Coalition together with their partners.

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Letter of Support for Permanent Extension of CO2 Storage Tax Credit

February 3, 2016 in Carbon Management, News & Press

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February 3, 2016

The Honorable Kevin Brady
The Honorable Sander Levin
U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means Washington, DC 20515

Dear Chairman Brady and Ranking Member Levin:

On behalf of the undersigned member companies and organizations, we request that Congress include a permanent extension of the Section 45Q Tax Credit for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in a technical corrections act or other appropriate legislation. Section 45Q provides a per ton tax credit for the storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) through the use of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and is the most important benefit in the tax code for incentivizing carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) at power plants and industrial facilities. Continue reading »