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A bill passed by the Illinois legislature could slow the growth of carbon sequestration proposals—and proposals, in ...
Because it leaves the Mahomet Aquifer exposed to this exact danger. And this is why my legislation … which would protect the aquifer from CO2 injection needs to be passed immediately.” ...
Illinois lawmakers ban CO2 injection under aquifer. By Jeffrey Tomich | 05/22/2025 06:45 AM EDT . Gov. JB Pritzker (D) is expected to sign the legislation after news of leaks at an Archer-Daniels ...
In 2021, Illinois lawmakers created the Mahomet Aquifer Council. But now, as they ponder legislation that would ban carbon sequestration activity within the aquifer's footprint, lawmakers will be ...
The Daily Illini reports on new bill passed by Illinois Congress banning carbon sequestration projects to protect Mahomet aquifer. After months of debate, the Illinois House and Senate passed a bill ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) — The Illinois House of Representatives passed a bill to stop carbon sequestration projects from being constructed near or underneath the Mahomet Aquifer, which ...
As lawmakers weight banning carbon sequestration within the Mahomet Aquifer's footprint, they will be without guidance from the state-run they created in 2021 — because it has never actually met.
The Mahomet Aquifer supplies water to more than 800,000 people in 15 Central Illinois counties. Per the EPA, there is no reasonable alternative drinking water source should it become contaminated.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Illinois senators have paused movement on a bill that could protect the Mahomet Aquifer from carbon capture and sequestration despite growing calls for action.
Although, they stressed that Illinois should not put clean water at risk. Faraci's legislation would ban carbon sequestration over, under or through the Mahomet aquifer.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Several eastern Illinois towns and the University of Illinois have asked the federal government to declare that an aquifer that stretches across the state is a ...