Early Comments Reveal Familiar Split Over EPA Draft CO2 Storage Permits

Early comments over EPA’s proposal to issue three carbon storage permits in the Permian Basin in Texas are highlighting a now-familiar debate about carbon capture and storage (CCS) development, as the permits are also demonstrating the Biden administration’s continued push to deploy CCS to help meet climate goals. “ClearPath is encouraged by [EPA’s] decision to advance three Class VI permits for the geologic sequestration of carbon under the Agency’s Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program,” the conservative clean energy group writes...