Louisiana, Oil Sector Argue EJ Groups Lack Standing In CO2 Permit Suit

Louisiana and oil and gas industry groups are urging an appellate court to conclude that environmentalists lack standing to challenge EPA’s move granting the state primary authority over “Class VI” carbon storage permits, in a case that could influence multiple other states’ push to also directly issue such permits. “Petitioners lack Article III standing to bring this Petition because none of them identify a cognizable injury,” Louisiana and the state’s Department of Energy and Natural Resources (LDENR) write in an...