EJ Groups File Suit Over EPA Rule Giving Louisiana CCS Permit Primacy

Environmental justice groups are suing EPA over the agency’s decision to grant Louisiana primary authority to permit “Class VI” carbon storage wells in the state, a move seen as an important barometer for how Biden officials could address similar requests from other states. The groups -- including Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, Healthy Gulf, and Alliance for Affordable Energy -- filed a Feb. 20 petition urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to vacate EPA’s recent...