The Protect the Mahomet Aquifer Coalition said while ADM has paused the program, the second leak “proves that carbon capture is not the safe, reliable technology its proponents claim it to be.” ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD — In 2021, Illinois lawmakers unanimously passed and Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation creating the Mahomet Aquifer Council. The idea was to have a standing body to review ...

S.B. 1723 provides what many lawmakers viewed as key protections for the Mahomet Aquifer in central Illinois, which supplies drinking water to nearly a million people in 14 counties.

After months of debate, the Illinois House and Senate passed a bill to ban carbon sequestration projects at sole-source aquifers on Tuesday, May 20. In a bipartisan effort, the House voted 91-19, ...

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.

This map from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shows the project review area of the Mahomet Aquifer. Yellow shading indicates the sole source area as designated by the EPA in 2015.

A bill passed by the Illinois legislature could slow the growth of carbon sequestration proposals—and proposals, in particular, for projects located near an aquifer that is the sole source of ...

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. Sen ...

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 primary ...