EPA scrutinized over carbon storage backlog
“These projects can’t move forward if they don’t have the means to sequester the carbon,” said Luke Bolar, spokesman for the Clearpath Foundation, a conservative environmental group. “There’s a lot of pent up demand out there.”
Capturing carbon dioxide from emissions or the atmosphere and storing it underground is a relatively new concept, and EPA officials are tasked with deciding whether projects can securely store carbon for centuries without leaks into the atmosphere.
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