carbon sequestration

This week on Noon Edition, we will talk with guests about the carbon sequestration project and what that means for Terre Haute residents.

Wabash Valley Resources intends to pipe and inject 1.67 million tons of carbon dioxide annually a mile below the area’s surface as part of its plan to produce “green” anhydrous ammonia fertilizer at a former coal gasification plant in Vigo County.

Property rights and environmental issues split both parties on the matter.

Senate Bill 451 states landowners must get paid at least $250 per acre for carbon storage. But if they can’t reach a deal, landowners would have to sue to get more money.

The bills range from environment and energy to education to justice, and more.

Farmers can make money off of the carbon their plants naturally remove from the air. But do carbon markets make a difference?