BLM’s First CO2 Storage Approval Shows Evolving CCS Permit Landscape

An Interior Department (DOI) attorney is touting the agency’s first approval of a right of way for storing carbon dioxide on federal lands, a move that further clarifies how federal officials hope to conduct the permitting process for the growing carbon capture and storage (CCS) sector. During an Aug. 25 American Bar Association (ABA) event on CCS, DOI attorney Philip Lowe said the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) last month approved its first right of way for CO2 storage for...