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The Environmental Protection Agency drafted a permit to allow Wabash Valley Resources to inject the CO2 in wells in Vigo and Vermillion counties.
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The state pilot project would store carbon dioxide emissions underground.
Residents worry the project could trigger an earthquake due to its proximity to fault lines and abandoned mines. They also worry the CO2 could leak or migrate — risking the health of people and livestock.
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The concerns have precedent. A pipeline carrying CO2 in Mississippi ruptured and put more than 40 people in the hospital earlier this year.
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Underground injection wells are nothing new. The company says there are nearly 18,000 of them in Indiana alone and many more around the country. But very few permits have been granted to inject this much CO2.
The Wabash Valley project would also be bigger than the two in Decatur, Illinois. Those projects can store up to 7 million tons of CO2 combined. Wabash Valley hopes to store up to 20 million over 12 years.
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This week on Noon Edition, we will talk with guests about the carbon sequestration project and what that means for Terre Haute residents.
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