In a major step toward California’s first effort to bury climate-warming gases underground, Kern County’s Board of Supervisors on Monday unanimously approved a project on a sprawling oil and gas field.

Kern County officials approve permit for California Resources' carbon capture project, which will permanently store greenhouse gas emissions underground in depleted oil field.

The Kern County Board of Supervisors approved what would be the first large-scale carbon capture facility in California on Monday, overcoming one of the final hurdles for a project that environmental groups oppose over potential air and water impacts.