( August 14, 2024, 1:41 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has filed a response brief in the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals arguing that it should deny a petition filed by environmental groups seeking reversal of an EPA decision that handed over to Louisiana the responsibility of regulating the practice of sequestering carbon dioxide XE "carbon
dioxide" in underground injection fracking wells. The EPA says it “carefully considered” Louisiana’s long-term liability provision and appropriately concluded that its program was “approvable.”...