Biden to Award Louisiana Lead in Vetting Carbon Wells - Bloomberg
Biden to Award Louisiana Lead in Vetting Carbon Wells - Bloomberg
Biden Grants Louisiana Lead Role in Vetting Carbon Wells
- Move seen helping pare a rapidly growing permitting backlog
- Environmentalists and some residents warned of lax oversight
Joe BidenPhotographer: Julia Nikhinson/UPI/Bloomberg
The Biden administration approved Louisiana’s bid to take the lead role in vetting and overseeing carbon dioxide storage wells in the state, a blow to environmentalists and some local residents who battled the plan.
The Environmental Protection Agency formally approved Louisiana’s primacy over the so-called class VI storage wells and inked an agreement with the state designed to blunt the impact on communities most vulnerable to pollution.
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