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CCS - a Primer

Out of sight, out of mind? How safe is CCS technology?

Click for a primer on carbon capture, transport, and storage. Learn about the risks, and how implementing this technology so rapidly, and at the scale proposed in Illinois, can affect your health and safety; and your land and water.

Mahomet Aquifer ban

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Protect the Mahomet Aquifer from contamination by CO2!

The U.S. EPA is gearing up to issue draft permits that would allow companies to inject and store CO2 under the Mahomet Aquifer and its recharge areas. If CO2 leaks into the Aquifer, it will contaminate this water supply that serves nearly one million residents in central Illinois.

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We need safe setbacks, NOT oxygen for landowners!

Carbon dioxide is a toxic asphyxiant that can harm or even kill humans, depending on the level and length of exposure. Occupants of buildings along a CO2 pipeline route need to know they can be rescued before they succumb to CO2 exposure if the pipeline leaks or ruptures.

The Safe CCS Act forces One Earth to start over

One Earth Sequestration, LLC, will be forced to withdraw its application and start over again once SB1289 is signed by ...

Wolf withdraws its pipeline project

After receiving a recommendation of denial from ICC staff,Wolf withdraws its project from the ICC, but vows to return in ...

Victory! Navigator cancels its CO2 pipeline

Citing the unpredictable nature of the regulatory and government processes involved, Navigator decided to cancel its pipeline project ...

News and Actions

BREAKING…Wolf Withdraws from Iowa

On Monday, Dec. 12, 2024, Wolf Carbon Solutions withdrew its application to build a CO2 pipeline through IA. This means its pipeline through IL is now dead ...

File a witness slip to protect the Mahomet!

Please file a witness slip before noon on Wednesday, November 13, to support SB 3968. This bill will protect the Mahomet Aquifer from CO2 pollution ...

Poll results on use of eminent domain and Mahomet Aquifer

Poll shows majority of Illinois voters oppose use of eminent domain by private companies for CO2 projects and do not want CO2 stored under Mahomet ...