Stop Experimental CO2 Projects

7 Ways to Get Involved –

1) Do your research and then talk to your family, friends and co-workers

2) ATTEND OUR LARGE EVENTS OR JOIN THE COMMITTEE
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3) Write letters to the editor

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7) Invite a member of Citizens Against CO2 Sequestration to speak at your next group gathering

We are a grassroots movement - public outreach and meetings have a cost involved with them. Our passion is deep but our pockets are not. All donations are appreciated.

For more information email - StopExperimentalCO2Projects@yahoo.com

Community Acceptance of Carbon Capture and Sequestration Infrastructure: Siting and Public Acceptance Challenges

This information comes from the web site:

http://opencrs.com/document/RL34601/2008-07-29

Please click on the link to their site to read the full article.

"Congressional policy makers are becoming aware that a national program of carbon capture and sequestration could require an extensive new network of carbonrelated infrastructure. Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is a three-part process involving a carbon dioxide (CO2) source facility, CO2 pipelines, and a permanent CO2 sequestration site. A key consideration in the development of such infrastructure is community acceptance, which may ultimately determine whether, where, and how anticipated CCS projects may be built. Although the general public is still largely unfamiliar with CCS, there are early indications that community acceptance may prove a significant challenge to the siting of CCS infrastructure in the United States."

Recent federal statutes and legislative proposals related to CO2 control have only obliquely addressed public acceptance of CO2 infrastructure or related siting issues. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-140) requires a report recommending procedures for "public review and comment" and protection of "the quality of natural and cultural resources" related to the siting of sequestration projects on public land. The Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008 (S. 3036) would require a CCS construction feasibility study examining "any barrier or potential barrier ... including any technical, siting, financing, or regulatory barrier" relating to the development of CO2 pipelines or geological sequestration sites for CCS. The Carbon Capture and Storage Technology Act of 2007 (S. 2323) would fund CCS demonstration projects in locations that "represent a range of population densities" and are "in close proximity to ... utilities and industrial settings."

(Note- S. 2323 This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current.)

"The research available suggests that the public is ambivalent towards CCS. At the policy level, this ambivalence may cause concern among legislators seeking to promote carbon control strategies that could impose significant costs on local communities or the U.S. economy overall. At the project level, this ambivalence may become outright opposition as community residents incorporate local considerations in their evaluation of a proposed CCS development."

"But understanding public acceptance of CCS takes on greater urgency in light of proposals to curb CO2 emissions quickly and the scale of CCS infrastructure required to do so. The most prominent CO2 proposals in the 110th Congress seek reductions of nationwide CO2 emissions to 1990 levels or lower by 2030. Given such goals for reducing U.S. emissions of CO2, and the potential contribution of CCS to reaching them, the issue of community acceptance of CCS infrastructure may prove challenging."

Related Bills: S.3036 S.2323

Keep your eyes open - an easier introduction of CCS into your area

Attention Ohioans! Don't let this happen to you!

It's an interesting article - mentions how Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS or CO2 sequestration) could be introduced into an area without the public being aware of it as a CCS project.... or with more public acceptance........after all, who wouldn't let them explore your property if they thought they'd find oil and gas....and needed to push it out of the ground with CO2.... known as EOR - Enhanced Oil Recovery.

Ohio is mentioned in this article!


Read the entire story by clicking on this link -

Carbon Dioxide Capture and Sequestration - Hype or Hope?

This is a video of a talk given by Stanford University professor, Sally Benson -

Universities are partners in many of the CO2 sequestration projects....... (follow the dollar) you know that story.

Is Public Acceptance REALLY part of the plan?

She is for CO2 sequestration.......... but she talks about the dangers of CO2 sequestration (worker safety, brine migration into drinking water aquifer, ecosystem, public safety - well blow out, pipeline leak, structural damage (earthquakes, etc). About 1 hour and 2 minutes into this talk, she addresses the need for public acceptance and says, "We're not going to do this if people don't want it, either philosophically or if they don't want it in their backyard."

I can't imagine ANYONE wanting a CCS project, especially a large-scale project, in their community. I certainly DO NOT WANT IT IN MINE...nor do I want it in YOURS.

Speak up, write your elected officials, talk to your friends and neighbors, write letters to the editor. Speak up for those who can't or won't - children and the elderly.