Forest Service Proposes Carbon Storage in National Forests

 

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The US Forest Service is proposing to allow carbon capture and storage projects in national forests—a first for the agency, which doesn’t permit permanent projects on its land.

Carbon capture and storage, or CCS, projects sequester carbon dioxide deep underground for 1,000 years or more, and they’re prohibited under current Forest Service regulations that don’t allow for any permanent project to occur in national forests and grasslands.

The proposal, published Thursday as a public inspection notice in the Federal Register, would exempt CCS projects from the agency’s prohibition on permanent projects.

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