Groups Debate Legal Merits Of Forest Service Plan To Allow Carbon Storage

Groups are sparring over the legal merits of a Forest Service (USFS) proposal that would open the door to carbon storage on lands it oversees, with environmentalists charging the proposal is unlawful on multiple fronts while the oil sector and supporters of carbon capture and storage (CCS) say the plan is within the agency’s authority. Comments on the USFS proposal are only the latest venue for mounting debate about whether the Biden administration should continue supporting CCS and related technologies,...