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According to the company that leads the project, which will be discussed during the next few hours in several meetings by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), It is a work that aims to capture more than 500,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year in the area.
Construction of the plant is expected to be completed and be commercially operational by mid-2025.and, likewise, it would provide work for more than 1,000 people during the time that the construction phase continues and then up to 75 once the project is operational, which also means great news for the state of Texas in terms of employment. .
The opinion of Texas residents on the project against climate change
Commission Shift, a community in Texas, is one of those that was against the carbon capture project being carried out in Ector County, ensuring that “CO2 injection and sequestration are dangerous for land, water, communities and nearby ecosystems”according to Paige Powell, one of its members.
“The injection and sequestration of CO2 is dangerous to the land, water, communities, and ecosystems nearby.” —Commission Shift’s Paige Powell
Submit comments on a first-of-its-kind draft permit for CCS injection in Ector County by October 7th: https://t.co/OSEVpZHsyp pic.twitter.com/pN6BrhlyHV
— CommissionShift (@CommissionShift) September 27, 2024
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