How can projects aiming to get the planet to Net Zero get off the ground with so many regulatory bottlenecks and community headwinds?
Source: CO2nvert
How can projects aiming to get the planet to Net Zero get off the ground with so many regulatory bottlenecks and community headwinds?
Source: CO2nvert
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I would say “Manchin Fossil Fuels Lobby” rather than “Biden Administration” as the driver for this. If the fossil fuels lobby wants CCS, they need to get the people in the states behind it.
Today FERC has some power to site natural gas pipelines. It does not have the same powers for oil or CO2 pipelines.
Here is a more technical presentation on the CCS reservoir in Illinois: [https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2017/10/f38/mcdonald_bioeconomy_2017.pdf](https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2017/10/f38/mcdonald_bioeconomy_2017.pdf).
Unfortunately most of the CCS is going to extend the life of oil deposits today.
Somehow ‘regulatory bottlenecks and community headwinds’ doesn’t quite capture the ‘law-codified special interest gatekeeping and divisive grassroots disinformation campaigns’ seen on the ground.