EJ, Other Groups File CEQA Suit To Block California’s First CCS Project

A coalition of community, environmental justice and conservation groups is suing Kern County, CA, over its permit for a first-of-its-kind carbon capture and storage (CCS) project tied to natural gas production, alleging that the county failed to adequately assess and mitigate the project’s environmental impacts. “Kern County has bought into the misleading claim that this project will reduce climate impacts, opening the door to significant federal and state financial subsidies for CCS,” said Michelle Ghafar, an attorney at Earthjustice who...