Situated in the heart of the country and seen as a hub for tourism, architecture, history and natural wonders, it is often said that Illinois is in the “middle of everything.” Unfortunately, fossil fuel interests have set their sights on making the Prairie State the middle of a vast network of dangerous carbon dioxide pipelines.
For carbon capture and sequestration to someday have a place in our state’s climate mitigation strategy, we need legislative guardrails that ensure it legitimately serves the economic and environmental interests of all Illinois citizens.
In fact, Republicans and Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly are joining together to call for a moratorium on carbon dioxide pipelines and work to enact strong protections on both the capture and storage of carbon. Hopefully, these bipartisan efforts will result in strong safeguards so we don’t find ourselves in the middle of a disaster.
Read the OpEd in the Chicago Sun-Times.