Advertisement“This is really a watershed, historic, milestone moment in Kern County,” Supervisor Leticia Perez said ahead of the vote. Last month, a carbon storage project in central Illinois paused operations after CO2 migrated outside the injection zone due to a hole in monitoring wells. The California Resources Corp. project in Kern County is expected to capture emissions from its gas field operations. Kern County officials say the project will generate about $70 million over two decades. Overburdened communities in Kern County should not be the guinea pigs for this technology.”Before their vote, many of the Kern County supervisors disagreed.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 22, 2024 19:02 UTC