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Oxy, a Houston-based energy company, is proposing a carbon capture facility like the Petra Nova CCS Facility at NRG Power Plant in Richmond. Known as Stratos, the West Texas plant will be the largest in the U.S. if approved. Credit: REUTERS/Trish Badger
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Commission Shift, a Texas-based watchdog group, said carbon capture and storage threaten groundwater sources. In a statement, the organization said the EPA should refrain from approving the project until the state resolves other lingering issues with saltwater injections, another underground disposal technique contributing to earthquakes in West Texas.
“Outside of the ineffectiveness and inefficiency of (carbon caputure) as a climate mitigation solution, the injection and sequestration of carbon dioxide is dangerous to the land, water, communities, and ecosystems nearby,” Paige Powell, senior policy manager for Commission Shift, said in a statement on Friday.
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