Oil and gas groups along with industrial firms in Texas want some help from the new EPA administrator in approval of carbon capture projects in the state.
They’re wanting the state, rather than the Environmental Protection Agency, to approve projects that might boost private investment and help develop capture technology. According to Reuters, the request of new EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin was to “expedite and approve” the state’s request for “primacy” which would allow the state to capture and store carbon instead of the EPA.
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