Why Biden’s carbon capture bet is sparking fears in oil producing states

Congress is injecting $12 billion in subsidies into carbon capture technology and storage, setting the stage for massive private investment to battle climate change in the coming years. But a new POLITICO investigation found that federal and state authorities aren’t prepared to regulate the carbon capture industry. POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre lays out the concerns around Biden’s carbon capture initiative and how it could challenge the administration’s environmental justice pledges. Plus, as part of the debt ceiling negotiations, House Republicans are pushing for a two-step deal that would first address narrow energy project permitting measures and then tackle thorny transmission issues.

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Ben Lefebvre is an energy reporter for POLITICO. 

Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO. 

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