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A petrochemical site in Corpus Christi. The state is opening up land along the Gulf coast to drill wells that could store carbon dioxide from industrial pollution. Credit: Michael Gonzalez/The Texas Tribune
From the article:
“The Railroad Commission having permitting authority over Class VI wells would unleash rapid widespread commercial development of [carbon sequestration] in Texas, which is something the state is not prepared for,” said Virginia Palacios, director of Commission Shift, a Railroad Commission watchdog group.
She pointed to a petition filed this year by a coalition of Texas environmental groups alleging “numerous technical deficiencies” with the Railroad Commission’s permitting of injection wells for oil and gas wastewater that have caused well blowouts, endangered water resources, triggered earthquakes and created sinkholes. In June the EPA agreed to investigate the allegations.
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