CARB Denies Intentionally Delaying Landmark CCUS, CDR Rule Framework

California Air Resources Board (CARB) officials are denying that they are intentionally delaying what is supposed to be a landmark regulatory framework to facilitate deployment of carbon capture, utilization or storage (CCUS) and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) projects, which is required by the 2022 law SB 905. “We absolutely as an agency want to move forward with the rulemaking process -- any assertions otherwise are factually incorrect,” Matt Botill, chief of CARB’s industrial strategies division, told lawmakers during a March...