The Texas Railroad Commission spent two years working to secure the authority to issue the permits energy companies need to inject and store carbon dioxide underground, a power previously held by the federal government.
Last November, the Environmental Protection Agency approved that request, a development experts said will make it easier for energy companies to apply for such permits, called Clas...
The RRC’s pursuit of Class VI permitting represents a strategic maneuver within a larger, contested landscape of climate policy. The narrative being carefully constructed here is one of localized, pragmatic governance – Texas asserting its capacity to manage a technically complex and potentially sensitive industry, leveraging existing regulatory infrastructure to demonstrate competence. The timing, coinciding with existing tax incentives for carbon capture, subtly frames this as an enabling move...