OAC Missions: Advocacy

State CDRLA The Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act (CDRLA) is state carbon dioxide removal demand support legislation which was originally conceived, researched and drafted by OpenAir members in Spring-Summer 2021. As law the CDRLA would create a state-administered carbon dioxide removal procurement program whereby the state would annually deploy funds to directly and competitively procure carbon dioxide removal services from a range of CDR sources each year based on a set of clearly defined standards-based on efficacy, cost, permanence, and co-beneficial impacts. CDR Market Development Act (California) This mission is mobilizing to make the Carbon Dioxide Removal Market Development Act (CDRMDA) law in California through district-level citizen lobbying. L-NET The Luxembourg Negative Emissions Tariff (L-NET) is carbon dioxide removal (CDR) demand support legislation developed in 2021-2022 by OpenAir members in collaboration with Sven Clement, Member of the Luxembourg Parliament. US Federal CDR Action The aim of this mission is to advance pro-CDR policies on the federal level through legislation and regulatory change. Since its launch in June 2022 mission activities have focused on building support for the Federal Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act (CDRLA), a carbon removal procurement bill introduced during the 116th Congress (2022) by Rep. Paul Tonko (NY-20) and Rep. Scott Peters (CA-52) in the House, and Sen Chris Coons (D-DE) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) in the Senate. Starting in December 2022 the mission expanded its advocacy scope to include a second piece of legislation, the Carbon Removal and Emissions Storage Technologies (CREST) Act. introduced by Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) in the Senate and Rep. John Curtis (R-UT). LECCLA The Low Embodied Carbon Concrete Leadership Act, or LECCLA is state legislation developed, drafted, and advocated for by OpenAir members that proposes new climate-impact based criteria and incentives for concrete procurement by states. LECCLA was the very first bill generated by OpenAir members, originating in its very first form in New York State in Summer 2019. In the years since, versions of the bill have become law in New York, Virginia and New Jersey, with other LECCLA inspired legislation introduced in Massachusetts and Illinois as of December 2022. LECCLA has also directly or indirectly inspired or influenced elements of other local government, municipal, state and federal policy - including the Hastings Resolution (local gov procurement), the NYC Clean Construction Executive Order 23, the Federal Buy Clean program of 2022, and NYS Executive Order 22 (climate procurement). CDR Action Espana Esta misión se enfoca en acelerar proyectos de remoción de carbono anclados localmente con el objetivo de proliferar el desarrollo técnico y comercial de CDR e influir en la política nacional. Todos son bienvenidos a unirse. GGR Action UK This mission focuses on accelerating locally anchored greenhouse gas removal projects with the objective of proliferating GGR technical and commercial development, and influencing national policy. Advocacy Protocols This sub-category is for documenting and sharing different advocacy strategies, tactics and methods as defined protocols, allowing OpenAir members to learn from, copy, tweak and improve them.