October 20, 2023
A 1,350-mile carbon dioxide pipeline spanning five Midwestern states, including Illinois, has been formally canceled.
Pam Richart, co-founder of the Coalition to Stop CO2 Pipelines, said the cancellation underscored Navigator's failure to sell its pipeline to landowners and officials. Internal data showed it had only obtained 13.4% of the easements to construct its pipeline in the state as of June.
"This doesn't mean that the fight is over," said Hannah Flath, Communications Coordinator with Sierra Club Illinois.
Read more via the State Journal-Register.