Climate Change
Companies Are Poised to Inject Millions of Tons of Carbon Underground. Will It Stay Put?
A new report highlights the risk 120,000 abandoned oil and gas wells pose to carbon dioxide storage in Louisiana, home to more proposals to pump the greenhouse gas underground than any other state.
After more than a century of pulling carbon from underground, a rush is underway to pump it back down. Companies have applied for scores of permits across the country to inject carbon dioxide deep into the earth. Several projects have already been approved.
Companies Are Poised to Inject Millions of Tons of Carbon Underground. Will It Stay Put?