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Environmental Markets | Emissions
October 20, 2025
States Strengthen Oversight of Carbon Capture and Storage Activities
Recent actions seek to clarify and strengthen carbon storage regulation as federal policies evolve.
States across the U.S. are advancing efforts to strengthen and clarify regulatory frameworks for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), even as federal priorities shift. Carbon sequestration is the…Read the full report
Key Takeaways
- Arizona has become the fifth state to be granted primacy by the EPA to permit Class VI underground injection wells to sequester captured carbon in geological formations.
- California has enacted legislation authorizing the construction of dedicated pipelines to transport carbon dioxide captured from industrial sources, or directly from the atmosphere, to sequestration locations.
- South Dakota legislation prohibits the use of eminent domain for constructing a CO2 pipeline, significantly impacting the proposed Summit Carbon Solutions’ project to transport CO2 from ethanol plants across the Midwest to North Dakota.
