California Lawmaker Pulls Bill For Novel CO2 Pipeline Rules Amid Pushback

A California lawmaker has abruptly withdrawn a bill to require stringent first-time regulations for carbon dioxide pipelines, due mainly to concerns from environmental justice (EJ) groups that it could upset a current moratorium on building CO2 pipelines in the state at least until applicable federal regulations are adopted. “There was a collective fear among EJ groups that the bill was a little early and it threatened this tenuous ‘deal’ they felt like they got with industry for the current moratorium,”...