Kentucky would regulate carbon-storage wells under plan developed through collaboration

By: Liam Niemeyer

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: March 6, 2026

Words: 509

Last Updated: 4 days, 6 hours ago

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FRANKFORT — Kentucky industries including distilleries are looking at capturing their carbon dioxide emissions. One way to store the emissions is by injecting them into underground wells.

A legislative committee on Thursday approved creating what would be the state’s first regulatory framework for those wells, a form of carbon capture and storage and a method of mitigating climate change.

House Bill 677, sponsored by Rep. Jim Gooch, R-Providence, came from more than a …

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