Texas Democrats Urge EPA To Protect EJ Areas From CO2 Storage Wells

Seven House Democrats from Texas are urging EPA to ensure that the state’s oil and gas regulators will stringently regulate carbon dioxide storage wells if the agency allows officials to directly issue permits for such projects, warning that state officials have a history of lax environmental oversight that has harmed environmental justice (EJ) communities. The advocacy comes after EPA recently granted Louisiana permitting “primacy” to issue Class VI carbon storage wells -- another state that plans significant carbon capture and...