Alaska's Carbon Sequestration Rules: A New Era for Emissions

Alaska is poised to regulate carbon dioxide wells, aiming to reduce emissions from heavy industry and facilitate the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline. The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has drafted detailed rules, spanning over a hundred pages, which include provisions for secure capping and insurance coverage. Public hearings and a formal application to the EPA are upcoming, with the state anticipating full regulatory control within a year and a half. DNN | The Daily News Now! The world’s first global local news network. Every city. Every story. AI powered. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.