Real Estate & Property Law

CO2 Pipeline Opposition Grows

By Alan Ackerman

Examiner.com

Every year, Indiana emits 242 million tons of CO2, a gas linked to global warming, primarily through its coal-fired power plants. The state is looking for ways to address those challenges and create a cleaner coal technology. Sen. Beverly Gard, R-Greenfield, authored a bill authorizing the use of eminent domain to obtain property for CO2 pipelines. The bill passed the Senate but not the House

Supporters of the sequestration technology say carbon dioxide is not dangerous except in high concentrations and say any leaks could be managed. They liken it to storage of natural gas.

But Randolph County opponents say a CO2 pipeline would be too much. The county already is home to a landfill, an ethanol plant, hog farms and two potential wind farms.

When the writer of this blog first started looking at CO2, the interest really was premised upon the notion that CO2 would help frack federal reserves.  Over the last few months, that has given rise to reading numerous articles about CO2 pipelines and sequestration projects.  The prevailing sentiment is that communities will fight this on the basis of safety and environmental harm.  This writer simply does not understand which side is correct at this time.  However, one thing is certain; that communities are going to aggressively take on CO2 pipelines and sequestration projects. 
 

Full post as published by National Eminent Domain Blog on April 06, 2010 (boomark / email).