The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced its intention to give the Railroad Commission of Texas primary authority or “primacy” over Class VI carbon dioxide storage wells.
CO2 deep injection storage can permanently contaminate groundwater and cause man-made earthquakes, costly well blowouts, and dangerous sinkholes. The Railroad Commission (RRC), our state oil and gas agency, has an incredibly poor track record of safely regulating oil and gas wells, and we believe that the RRC should not be given oversight of these new, dangerous carbon sequestration projects.
We need your help to tell EPA that our state agency is not trustworthy enough to be given control of CO2 infrastructure. Submit your public comment today, before the comment period closes Aug 1.
