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EPA transfers carbon injection well oversight to Arizona amid growing safety concerns

Arizona will have total control over regulation of underground wells to store carbon captured from industrial facilities, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday, even as environmental groups have been urging the EPA to halt approvals of the wells.

Underground injection wells, often referred to as carbon injection wells, are viewed by some as a way to store carbon dioxide in the earth � but in liquid form instead of the gas that is a driving force behind climate change.





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