Yacimiento petrolífero se convirtió en el primer depósito de carbono de California. ¿Quién será responsable si algo sale mal?

California's fighting climate change by burying carbon dioxide underground—but the regulatory framework doesn't exist yet. In May, California Resources Corp., the state's largest oil producer, began injecting captured carbon dioxide into an oil field at Elk Hills. Per CalMatters, this is California's first major carbon storage project, and the EPA has approved the injections, calling it the first similar project in the nation. California was supposed to write detailed regulations governing how these projects store and monitor carbon by January twenty twenty-five. It's now August, nineteen months past that deadline, and the rules remain unfinished. Meanwhile, the project could eventually funnel billions in federal tax credits and state climate incentives. But legal experts caution that if carbon dioxide leaks or containment fails, accountability remains unclear—it's uncertain which state agency has final authority to respond.

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