Louisiana’s Pause On New CCS Permits May Signal Hurdles For Other States

Louisiana officials are halting review of new carbon storage permits to focus on those already in the queue, amid a flood of permit requests and local community pushback -- in a move that one observer says should serve as a warning to other states seeking primacy from EPA to issue such Class VI permits for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects. “All of the dialogue has been . . . ‘primacy is going to mean we’re going to get faster...