Environmental & Energy
Nov. 25, 2024
Environmentalists sue to block carbon capture and storage project
The groups argue that the project will undermine the state's climate goals and grow the county's polluting oil and gas industry. They also claim that the proposed site won't work because it is full of old wells that will leak carbon back into the atmosphere. The project is one of six carbon storage facilities California Resources Corporation has planned for the Central Valley.
A coalition of environmental groups sued to block a major carbon capture and storage [CCS] project in Kern County.
The plaintiffs claim the facility will undermine the state's climate goals and grow the county's polluting oil and gas industry. They also say the proposed site won't work because it is literally full of holes -- in the form of 7,500 old wells that will leach the carbon back into the atmosphere.
More than 100 carbon projects have been proposed ac...
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