California’s First Carbon Capture Storage Project Gets EPA Nod

California received permission to move forward with a project that would inject carbon dioxide into the state’s deep rock formation using a technology that has long tantalized the fossil fuel industry but has yet to break through.

The Environmental Projection Agency approved California’s first carbon capture and storage project in Kern County, the state’s hub for oil production and agriculture. The EPA announcedin a Dec. 31 statement the site can safely receive and store carbon dioxide without harming local drinking water.

Carbon capture and sequestration has a spotty track record, both from an environmental and efficacy standpoint. The process ...