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May 27, 2022 04:20 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/27/23144270/federal-regulators-phmsa-carbon-dioxide-pipeline-rupture-satartia-mississippi
Federal regulators crack down after pipeline caught spewing CO2
Federal regulators are beginning to crack down on a new generation of pipelines that will be crucial for the Biden administration’s plans to capture millions of tons of carbon dioxide to combat climate change.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) proposed penalties yesterday on the operator of one such pipeline that ruptured in Mississippi, sending at least 45 people to the hospital in 2020. The agency also pledged to craft new rules to prevent similar pipeline failures from happening as the US makes plans to build out a network of pipelines to transport captured CO2.
There are not many of these pipelines (compared to oil and gas pipelines) yet in the US, which are primarily...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/27/23144270/federal-regulators-phmsa-carbon-dioxide-pipeline-rupture-satartia-mississippi
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