A leak at a carbon dioxide sequestration well gets a slap from EPA
Sep 16, 2024•9 min
Episode description
Politico scooped last week that the Environmental Protection Agency has launched an enforcement action against the country’s first underground carbon sequestration facility in Decatur, Illinois…after a leak at a monitoring well was discovered earlier this year. The Biden administration has made carbon capture a key piece of its effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Politico's Annie Snider breaks it all down. Plus, a federal judge in North Dakota blocked the Interior Department from enforcing its methane rule in several Republican-led states, a potential blow to the Biden administration’s climate agenda.
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