Department of Transportation’s PHMSA Issues Second Largest Civil Penalty in Agency History to Denbury Gulf Coast Pipeline LLC Following Disastrous 2020 CO2 Pipeline Leak in Satartia, Mississippi
“Great Plains Action Society is firmly opposed to carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects such as those proposed by Summit, Navigator and Wolf. Our greatest concern is that CCS only serves the interests of the fossil fuel industry. CCS is by design a way to prolong the usage of fossil fuels while nominally reducing CO2 emissions. Safety is a concern with potential for violent rupture and rapidly expanding plumes of CO2-a known asphyxiant-blanketing the area. Furthermore, the cost of inaction is far too great. Amidst this era of climate emergency we must demand a reduction and phasing out of fossil fuels as a wider part of a just transition. The IRA and revised 45Q tax regulations narrow the incentive gap between “permanently” storing CO2 versus using it for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). There are concerns regarding degradation of the land, disturbance of sacred ceremonial and burial sites. The build out phase of the aforementioned proposed projects would endanger Indigenous communities in particular fueling a national epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR). CCS is greenwashing rather than a solution to the climate emergency that Iowans deserve, as Indigenous people we remain committed to the water, the land and the future generations.”
“Great Plains Action Society is firmly opposed to carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects such as those proposed by Summit, Navigator and Wolf. Our greatest concern is that CCS only serves the interests of the fossil fuel industry. CCS is by design a way to prolong the usage of fossil fuels while nominally reducing CO2 emissions. Safety is a concern with potential for violent rupture and rapidly expanding plumes of CO2-a known asphyxiant-blanketing the area. Furthermore, the cost of inaction is far too great. Amidst this era of climate emergency we must demand a reduction and phasing out of fossil fuels as a wider part of a just transition. The IRA and revised 45Q tax regulations narrow the incentive gap between “permanently” storing CO2 versus using it for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). There are concerns regarding degradation of the land, disturbance of sacred ceremonial and burial sites. The build out phase of the aforementioned proposed projects would endanger Indigenous communities in particular fueling a national epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR). CCS is greenwashing rather than a solution to the climate emergency that Iowans deserve, as Indigenous people we remain committed to the water, the land and the future generations.”