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An oil pump at the Elk Hills Power Station along Elk Hills Road on March 29, 2024. The Elk Hills oil field is the site of the new carbon capture project that captures carbon emissions from oil and gas facilities and then injects them underground.
Larry Valenzuela
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CalMatters/CatchLight Local
California’s first commercial carbon-storage project is operating even though the state has yet to adopt rules required by law, 19 months after a key deadline. The oil company could collect billions in public incentives, while environmentalists and oil companies argue about how far the rules should go.
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