California Bill Would Require Stringent First-Time CO2 Pipeline Rules

A California lawmaker is floating legislation to require stringent first-time regulations for carbon dioxide pipelines, including requirements that the gas meets certain state and concentration levels, the pipelines are specifically built for transporting CO2, and the State Fire Marshal adopts new safety rules governing the activities. “As new climate technologies like carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration [CCUS] are deployed across the state, it is essential that residents are kept safe,” states a background paper on the bill, AB 2623 by...