Carbon capture’s flawed foundation: DOE evidence buried in Biden EPA’s climate policy overreach
06/12/2025 / By Willow Tohi
Biden’s EPA omitted key DOE critiques of carbon capture technology, undermining its own Clean Power Plan 2.0 regulations.
Missing comments revealed CCUS as prohibitively expensive and technically flawed, casting doubt on CPP2’s feasibility.
DOE’s National Energy Technology Lab identified the $1B Boundary Dam Project as an 8-year failure, capturing only 57% of CO2.
Courts and states argue the rule violates legal safeguards for affordable energy, citing EPA’s own modeling predicting minimal CCUS adoption.
Legal experts say the agency’s hidden flaws could invalidate the rule, mirroring the 2021 Supreme Court’s rejection of the original Clean Power Plan.
In a revelation further fueling controversy over environmental policy, newly disclosed records indicate the Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) suppressed critical feedback from the Department of Energy (DOE) that contradicted core assumptions of its far-reaching Clean Power Plan 2020 (CPP2). This rule, which mandates nearly all coal- and gas-fired power plants install unproven and costly carbon capture technology (CCUS) or face closure, now faces scrutiny after the EPA omitted DOE’s warnings that the technology is flawed and uneconomical. The findings, unearthed by congressional investigations and watchdog groups, threaten the plan’s legal foundations at a time when the Trump administration has vowed to replace it with policies prioritizing reliable, affordable energy.
https://www.climate.news/2025-06-12-evidence-buried-bidens-epa-climate-policy-overreach.html
