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Champaign County board creates carbon‑sequestration task force amid local groundwater concerns
Summary
Board created a county select committee to study carbon capture and storage after committee recommendation; members will meet with Prairie Research Institute experts and monitor related state legislation.
The Champaign County Board voted March 20 to create a county select committee to study carbon sequestration and underground CO2 storage near local groundwater resources, a move driven by public and committee concern about leakage incidents and potential effects on the Mahomet Aquifer.
The board’s Environmental Land Use Committee brought the resolution forward and members emphasized a fact‑based approach. Committee chair (name not specified in the transcript) and supporters said they expect the task force to hear from local scientific experts, including speakers offered by the Prairie…
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