In central Illinois, carbon capture project’s proximity to Mahomet Aquifer raises fears

A little over three years ago, a representative from ethanol manufacturer One Earth Energy knocked on Sally Lasser’s door.?

The representative, who Lasser said was “a dear neighbor,” told her his company was working on a new project to cut down its carbon footprint and handed her a yellow envelope, containing information about a complex technology called carbon capture and sequestration.?

In the manufacturing process, carbon dioxide is filtered out of the air, converted into its liquid form, transported offsite via pipelines, and then stored nearly a mile underground.

“At first, I thought nothing of it,” said Lasser, who owns a farm just outside Gibson City in central Illinois. “I read it. I didn’t understand it. I put it aside.”

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