Environmental Pulse

Enacted in 2021, the Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide Act regulates carbon-storage sites in Nebraska. Such projects have the potential to significantly offset industrial carbon emissions, including in ethanol production. Carbon capture and underground storage (“CCUS”) is the technology that removes carbon dioxide from industrial emissions and then compresses, transports, […]

The two-year halt on tariffs aims to alleviate import costs and ease supply-chain logjams that have hampered growth in the solar-energy industry. This move should allay some industry concerns and increase domestic development. President Joe Biden recently took significant action to address the slowdown in domestic solar-energy deployment. In an […]

The 2022 session was a year of significant appropriations, particularly for large-scale water projects. It also brought about new environmental laws. We summarize these, and other laws of interest, below. The Second Regular Session of the 107th Nebraska Legislature adjourned sine die last week on April 20, 2022. That marked […]

LB 1236 gives craft brewers a limited right to self-distribute and store their beer offsite, and distilleries the right to have up to five locations. Vanessa Silke was instrumental in advocating for the bill’s enactment. Following the Nebraska Legislature’s adjournment sine die on April 20, 2022, one bill that will […]

Under LB 1099, Nebraska must seek federal funding to create a regional hydrogen hub. If selected, the state could receive $2 billion to help develop a commercially viable clean-hydrogen industry. Under a bill enacted into law in March 2022, Nebraska has positioned itself to become a national hub of hydrogen […]