EU Legislation on Climate - Carbon Capture & Storage
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Legislative Proposals
Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the geological storage of carbon dioxide and amending Council Directives 85/337/EEC, 96/61/EC, Directives 2000/60/EC, 2001/80/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2006/12/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006, (COM(2008)18)
Background Information & Related Proposals
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Supporting early demonstration of sustainable power generation from fossil fuels (COM(2008)13)
Commission Communication of 10 January 2007, 'Sustainable power generation from fossil fuels: aiming for near-zero emissions from coal after 2020' (COM(2006)843)
For further information please see European Commission DG Environment website on Carbon Capture and Geological Storage (CCS)