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CCS - a Primer

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.

Oxygen tanks

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

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

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

Victory! Navigator cancels its CO2 pipeline

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

Pipeline Construction Damages Cropland
Click through these slides to see how construction of a pipeline can damage soil and reduce crop yield.

News and Actions

CAHGP campaigns to end eminent domain for CO2 pipelines

CAHGP campaigns to end eminent domain for CO2 pipelines

Citizens Against Heartland Greenwashing Projects (CAHGP) used this year’s Farm Progress Show to kick off a campaign to ban the use of eminent domain for CO2 pipelines in Illinois ...
Farm Progress Show - HUGE success!

Farm Progress Show – HUGE success!

Click for story, photos and a video of a plane flying the "NO CO2 EMINENT DOMAIN" banner at this year's Farm Progress Show campaign launch! ...
Support legislation that bans eminent domain for CO2 pipelines

Support legislation that bans eminent domain for CO2 pipelines

End the use of eminent domain for CO2 pipelines in Illinois! Citizens Against Heartland Greenway Project, member of the Coalition to Stop CO2 Pipelines, has ...
Action Alert! No federal takeover of CO2 pipelines

Action Alert! No federal takeover of CO2 pipelines

ACTION ALERT! Send a letter to your U.S. Representative TODAY. Tell them to oppose federal takeover of CO2 pipelines and corporate giveaways! ...
Could taxpayer subsidies for CCS surge to $3 trillion by 2050?

Could taxpayer subsidies for CCS surge to $3 trillion by 2050?

Carbon capture and storage doesn't work. But 45Q taxpayer subsidies could surge from $800 billion by 2030 to nearly $3 trillion by 2050 ...
Risky, Ineffective, Wasteful

Risky, Ineffective, Wasteful

Rural residents in Central Illinois are facing threats from carbon capture and storage projects funded by taxpayer dollars. Get the facts! ...
CCS Action Network Launch

CCS Action Network Launch

Join the February 13, 7pm (CT) CCS Action Network launch featuring Congressman Ro Khanna. Learn why 45Q subsidies should be repealed ...

Events

Latest Videos

Don’t mess with the aquifer!

The U.S. EPA is gearing up to issue draft permits for companies to inject and/or store CO2 under the Mahomet ...

Illinois residents call for regulation of CCS

On April 17, 2024, Illinois farmers, landowners and environmental organizations marched to the Illinois capital, calling for the regulation of ...

Nationwide Indiscretion

Instead of considering large-scale CO2 pipelines as one comprehensive project, the Corps of Engineers is expediting pipeline approval. Sign our ...

Get the facts on hydrogen

Can IRA-funded tax incentives for hydrogen infrastructure really deliver an effective low carbon fuel for the future? Get the facts! ...

Concerns – Safety and CCS

Learn about the risks of sequestration and CO2 pipelines, using Navigator's project in Christian County, Illinois as an example ...