(P&GJ) - California, in laying out a bold clean air initiative, has placed a great deal of emphasis on carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) in an effort to start removing the same amount of carbon from the air as what the state emits by 2045. It's among the world's fastest timelines for carbon neutrality reform, but it already seems to have run into roadblock of its own design - a 2022 law, passed through the state legislature, that forbids carbon dioxide from flowing through new pipelines. Or, more exactly, forbids it until the federal government puts stronger regulations for the safety of such infrastructure in place. And, as those in midstream already know - where pipelines are involved, guidelines can take years.
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