Items Tagged with 'carbon capture'

Red Trail Energy, an ethanol plant on a North Dakota carbon capture site, is one step closer to being purchased by biofuel company Gevo following a vote by its equity holders approving the transaction.

Employers who use the H-2A program are seeking nationwide relief from a Labor Department rule that has already been enjoined in 17 states. 

The Iowa Utilities Commission has issued a permit for the main route of Summit Carbon Solutions’ liquid carbon dioxide pipeline through the state, which the company touted as another step toward building the 2,500-mile project next year.

EPA Administrator Michael Regan faced skepticism from Republican senators Wednesday about the potential for power generators to use carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology to significantly reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.                                                                                      

In this opinion piece, Joe Heinrich with the Smart Carbon Network and Rick Terven, Jr., with the Illinois Pipe Trades Association discuss the benefits of carbon capture in Illinois. 

The Iowa House has overwhelmingly passed a bill making it more difficult for companies that want to build pipelines for carbon sequestration to obtain the land necessary to do so.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says she will do whatever she can, working with other Midwestern governors, to get E15 approved for use this summer. She also describes carbon sequestration as critical to the ethanol industry's future, despite the controversy over pipelines in her state. 

In this opinion piece, Corey Rosenbusch of The Fertilizer Institute discusses the need for carbon capture programs to reduce GHG emissions.