EPA’s West Virginia CCS Plan Renews EJ Debate Ahead Of Trump Transition

EPA’s plan to allow West Virginia to directly issue carbon storage permits is renewing debates about the agency’s approach to environmental justice (EJ) on this issue, raising questions about how incoming Trump officials will address such provisions even as it is expected to eventually approve permitting “primacy” for the state. Broadly, EPA’s proposed West Virginia primacy rule , scheduled to be published in the Nov. 27 Federal Register , appears to align with its prior rule giving Louisiana primacy for...