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You may have seen yard signs around Champaign-Urbana about the Mahomet Aquifer, but do you know what they are about, to which ...
State senators voted unanimously, 55-0, this week to ban carbon sequestration near the Mahomet Aquifer. That's the sole source of water for nearly 1 million people in the region, including much of ...
The Illinois Senate passed a bill that would prevent carbon sequestration projects from being built around the Mahomet ...
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers are one step closer to banning carbon injections over a massive source of drinking water for Central Illinois, but some of its supporters are raising concerns ...
(WCIA) — Central Illinois legislators are restarting an effort to protect the Mahomet Aquifer. Last year, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bipartisan compromise bill into law creating regulations ...
In a move to combat climate change and promote sustainable practices in agriculture, Vermilion Advantage has announced its strong support for Senator Paul Faraci’s legislation aimed at establishing ...
JB Pritzker signed legislation creating the Mahomet Aquifer Council. The idea was to have a standing body to review, evaluate, and make recommendations regarding state laws, regulations and ...
A downstate community organization is calling the passage of legislation protecting the Mahomet Aquifer from sequestration ...
After the bill failed to pass last year, the plan to stop all carbon sequestration near the Mahomet aquifer passed unanimously out of the Illinois Senate ...
SPRINGFIELD — One step down, two to go. A bipartisan bill that would permanently ban carbon-dioxide storage under the Mahomet Aquifer cleared the state Senate Thursday. Next stop: the state ...
Last week, we published the first part of my interview with Andrew Rehn, Director of Climate Policy at Prairie Rivers Network. In it, Rehn offered a basic overview of the Mahomet Aquifer: what it is, ...