John Feltham walks through a corn field on the Feltham farm on Feb. 24, 2023. Feltham, a farmer in Knox County, stands near the area for a proposed 1,300-mile carbon dioxide pipeline that would be placed under land his family has owned for more than 100 years.
The Army Corps has not yet determined whether it will consider the Navigator pipeline under the expedited permit process, according to an email from the Corps. In the Midwest, proposed carbon pipelines would serve ethanol plants, which are considered well-suited to Navigator has countered those arguments, saying that the pipelines, which run underground, will be “state of the art” and as safe as possible, that underground carbon storage has already been successfully achieved in Illinois, and that farmers will be compensated for potential crop loss. Thewould prevent up to 15 million metric tons of planet-warming greenhouse gases from entering the atmosphere each year — the equivalent of taking 3.2 million cars off the road.
Shutting down public comment - or even notification will have a disastrous effect. Shame on the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers! This will not end well… 😡