Louisiana Officials Push For CCS Permit Primacy As EPA Nominees Languish

Louisiana officials are making the case that they are well equipped to quickly approve an expected flood of applications for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) projects if EPA were to approve their request to directly issue carbon storage permits, as one of the state’s senators blocks consideration of EPA nominees due to the agency’s delay in acting on the state’s application. During a July 27 hearing on CCS before the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee, Jason Lanclos, director of...