Emma Foehringer Merchant
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The state’s taxpayers may be left with a big bill. -
Experts say extensive monitoring of the sites will be required to ensure safety. -
The first carbon storage facility in Kern County, California, will only produce a handful of permanent positions. -
Kern County is California's largest oil producer and a top producer of agricultural products. But climate change — and the state’s effort to mitigate it — pose a threat to those economic mainstays.
