Carbon Sequestration Workgroup Releases Report of Practical and Legal Problems

Secretary of Energy Chu and others believe that we can continue to burn coal as long as we can sequester the resulting carbon dioxide underground.  That is going to be difficult to do, as shown in the report of the Legal Subcommittee of the West Virginia Carbon  Sequestration and Storage Working Group.  It highlights some of the significant legal and practical impediments to sequestering huge amounts of carbon dioxide underground.  The report is fuel for those like me, who believe the sequestration is unnecessary, and for environmentalists, who believe it is evidence that coal should never be burned.