In another big step for Kern’s nascent carbon management industry, the federal government issued four permits this week for injection of carbon dioxide more than a mile below the Elk Hills Oil Field for the purpose of addressing climate change.
The permit awarded Monday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to a joint venture led by Long Beach-based California Resources Corp. is the first of its kind in the state. It followed a public comment process that elicited thousands of public comments, many of them skeptical of the technology.
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