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What is CCS?

By adminJuly 5, 2024CCSCarbon capture and storage, CCs

CCS captures CO2 from a power plant, compresses it into a liquid, transports it via pipeline, and then injects it deep underground for storage.

Help Stop Class VI well permits, Illinois

By adminJuly 4, 2024CCS, Class VI WellsCarbon capture and storage

There are seven Class VI well permits in Illinois under review by the U.S. EPA. Four would affect the Mahomet Aquifer.

CCS bill passes, but more protections are needed

By adminMay 27, 2024CCS, Front page, NewsCarbon capture and storage, SB1289

After weeks of negotiations, the Illinois House and Senate passed the Safety and Aid for the Environment in Carbon Capture and Sequestration Act.

Wolf Carbon Solutions

By adminMarch 11, 2024Wolf Carbon SolutionsCarbon capture and storage, Mt. Simon Hub, Wolf Carbon Solutions

Wolf Carbon Solutions Mt. Simon Hub filed its CO2 pipeline application with the ICC in June of 2023. It withdrew in November 2023.

Navigator CO2 Ventures

By adminMarch 11, 2024NavigatorCarbon capture and storage, Navigator's CO2 pipeline

Navigator CO2 Ventures’ CO2 pipeline and sequestration project was the first to file in Illinois. It cancelled its project in October 2023.

Christian County Bears the Risk

By adminMay 15, 20221 commentLTECarbon capture and storage, CO2 Pipelines, Heartland Greenway risk

Navigator’s Heartland Greenway sequestration project grabs federal tax dollars, while leaving the risks with residents of Christian County.

Heartland Greenway – Is Anything But Green

By adminApril 29, 20221 commentLTECarbon capture and storage, Navigator, Why Oppose CO2 Pipelines

Heartland Greenway is a money grab for the oil industry and is masquerading as the “green” project. It is anything but “green”.

About the Coalition

By adminFebruary 13, 2022False SolutionCarbon capture and storage, CO2 pipeines

Who Is the Coalition to Stop CO2 Pipelines? We are a growing coalition of Illinois environmental groups, landowners, and residents concerned about the environmental, economic, and the unprecedented safety hazards associated with building a network of CO2 pipelines across our state. We believe the mad rush to build these pipelines as part of the technology […]

Sign up for info on the Mahomet Aquifer!

By adminFebruary 13, 2022CCS, Mahomet AquiferCarbon capture and storage, Mahomet Aquifer CCS Ban

Join us to work for a Mahomet Aquifer CCS Ban! The injection of CO2 through and storing it under the Mahomet Aquifer or its recharge areas by private companies threatens drinking water for nearly 1 million people in central Illinois. No private company should be allowed to threaten our water! Use this form to receive […]