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Kern County touts first-in-state carbon capture permitting for Elk Hills project
Summary
Chair Leticia Perez said Kern County permitted the Carbon Terra Vault project in the Elk Hills oil field and described it as California’s first carbon capture project with an EPA permit; company California Resources Corporation (CRC) was acknowledged in the address.
Leticia Perez, chair of the Kern County Board of Supervisors and 5th District supervisor, said the county has permitted what she described as California’s first carbon capture project and EPA permit, a project she identified by name later in the speech as Carbon Terra Vault.
Perez said California Resources Corporation (CRC) will use established technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions…
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