Potential for Carbon-Scrub Leaks Unites EPA, Energy Dept. (1)

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The Energy Department is working with the EPA to ensure that direct-air capture wells sequestering carbon dioxide in the U.S. are properly permitted and monitored to ensure they neverleak, an Energy Department official said Friday at the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow.Scrubbing carbon dioxide from the air and storing it somewhere only helps to avoid the worst consequences of climate change if the gas is safeguarded underground forever and doesn’tleak.