"If we want a coal industry that lasts generations, we will have to operate in a carbon-constrained world that requires utilizing carbon capture," writes Jason Bohrer, president and CEO of the Lignite Energy Council.
(Fargo, ND) The president of the Lignite Energy Council says CO2 pipelines are the "safest type of pipelines". He points to a study performed by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. "It showed that the deaths most likely to occur from CO2 pipelines were those that happened when like workers would have automobile accidents on the way home from work.
Wetlands have been used for agriculture for thousands of years, and according to North Dakota Game and Fish, there are more than one million wetlands and lake basins in North Dakota.