For about four hours, the fire coordinator in Warren County, Mississippi worked with emergency responders in neighboring Yazoo County to drag dozens of residents to safety, including some that continue to have health issues four years later, Briggs said.
Legislators are concerned drinking water could be compromised if there’s a pipeline rupture.
Residents around the lake, local government officials, attorneys and others highlighted numerous concerns, from environmental risks to declining property values, to a lack of transparency, to issues with mineral and landowner rights.
The Clean Power Plan 2.0 was supported by a finding that carbon capture technology had been "adequately demonstrated." The EPA sought and got comments from the DOE, which disputed that "demonstration." Somehow those comments never made it into the administrative record.
The plant never operated at more than a third of its total capacity in its 13 years since being built.
The $1 billion project was made possible by an investment from the Milton R. Young Power Station in Oliver County,
At the heart of that strategy is Section 45Q, a federal tax credit that provides up to $85 per metric ton of CO₂ permanently stored through carbon capture and sequestration.
The company announced the 2,500-mile pipeline in December 2021, which includes Iowa, South Dakota, Nebraska and Minnesota. The pipeline ends in a North Dakota carbon capture facility.
An Oregon court criticized an attorney representing Multnomah County in its $51 billion climate lawsuit for not disclosing his involvement in research used to support the plaintiff's claims. The attorney also helped fund a paper co-authored by Mann, arguing that the "climate crisis" is “a major driver of global instability.”
The lead attorney representing the plaintiffs in a lawsuit claiming oil companies caused $51 billion in damages from climate change was accused in a motion by Chevron of colluding with the researchers of studies submitted in support of his client's case. Emails obtained through a public records request show researchers have consulted that attorney on previous research he funded.