Congress Plans Catalog of U.S. Capacity to Sequester CO2
Environment News Service, May, 2007
WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) — --> In testimony before a House Committee today, a representative from the U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, endorsed legislation that would produce a comprehensive inventory of the nation's ability to store the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide deep underground - a process known as sequestration.
"This bill is a critical step in the process to mitigating carbon emissions and addressing global climate change," said House Science and Technology Committee Chairman Bart Gordon, a Tennessee Democrat who introduced the legislation. "I am pleased that the USGS agrees."
The National Carbon Dioxide Storage Capacity Assessment Act of 2007 was introduced earlier this year by Gordon in the House and Democratic Senators Ken Salazar of Colorado, Jim Webb...
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