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A bill passed by the Illinois legislature could slow the growth of carbon sequestration proposals—and proposals, in ...
But the bill would allow an ongoing CO2 injection project in an aquifer recharge area to continue after labor and business interests insisted it be carved out of the prohibition.
The Protect the Mahomet Aquifer Coalition said another leak at ADM revealed weeks later shows the importance of bills to prohibit carbon sequestration activity around aquifers.
The Mahomet Aquifer, Champaign-Urbana’s primary source of drinking water, is at the center of debate between companies, activists and residents in Illinois over carbon sequestration. The aquifer spans ...
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.
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 ...
CLINTON — The Mahomet Aquifer, an important source of drinking water for central Illinois, is a formation of sand and gravel that runs roughly from the Indiana state line west to the Illinois ...
The Daily Illini reports on new bill passed by Illinois Congress banning carbon sequestration projects to protect Mahomet aquifer.
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 ...
BLOOMINGTON - Proposed plans for oil drilling near the Mahomet Aquifer in Downs were protested by some central Illinois residents during a meeting this week.
(The Center Square) – Following another leak at the Archer Daniels Midland carbon injection facility in Decatur, Illinois, some are looking for more protections for water supplies.