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Staff with the Illinois Commerce Commission are recommending denial of a construction permit for the Wolf Carbon Solutions Mt. Simon Hub CO2 pipeline.
As envisioned, the pipeline would transport liquefied carbon dioxide captured from two ADM ethanol plants in Iowa to a permanent underground sequestration site in Decatur.
The issue is divisive, with labor unions and many business groups backing the plan as a job creator and economic driver. But many environmental groups raise safety concerns, calling carbon capture a “false solution” to climate change, and farmers have expressed fears about eminent domain and potential impacts on agricultural land.
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