Wyoming has established a regulatory framework for carbon capture and sequestration.  Governor Freudenthal signed two bills March 4 (H.B. 89 and H.B. 90) to establish a framework for carbon capture and sequestration.  H.B. 90 gives the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality the authority to regulate the long-term storage of carbon dioxide.  It sets up permitting requirements. H.B. 89 addresses the control of underground pore spaces where carbon dioxide could be stored long term.  According to policy associate with the National Conference of State Legislatures in Denver (see 43 BNA ISSN 1521-9402) as of March 5, 2008, 231 bills were pending in 31 states concerning carbon capture and sequestration.

Michigan is a member of the Midwestern Regional Initiative (the Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord) to address climate change.  Michigan legislators are considering legislation aimed at encouraging the development of alternative energy technology, according to a spokeswoman for the Senate Republican Caucus.  The spokesperson told BNA, Inc. the bills introduced March 4th establish tax incentives to encourage development and the purchase of clean energy and was an authority on clean energy for the permitting and oversight of carbon sequestration and other clean energy processes.