Illinois lawmakers, environmentalists consider carbon capture
As Illinois considers ways to achieve its goal of relying entirely on clean energy by 2050, one technology that has courted controversy is carbon capture.
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As Illinois considers ways to achieve its goal of relying entirely on clean energy by 2050, one technology that has courted controversy is carbon capture.
Lawmakers consider new regulations of the technology as projects seek approval
Corn Belt legislative debates on carbon capture highlight concerns about using eminent domain to build a pipeline network.
ADM, both the city's largest employer and emitter of fossil fuels, will soon be able to pump liquified carbon dioxide into "pore space" more than a mile underneath city-owned land.
Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza said pension board members appointed by Mayor Lightfoot denied her ailing brother duty disability benefits, even though he caught COVID-19 while on the job as a CPD detective sergeant.