Plan heading to Pritzker’s desk could provide compensation for land owners if carbon capture damages crops, property – WAND (Decatur)

Plan heading to Pritzker’s desk could provide compensation for land owners if carbon capture damages crops, property – WAND (Decatur)

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a plan into law on July 18 to set the highest standards in the nation for environmental safety in carbon capture, pipelines and sequestration. Less than a year later, lawmakers approved a bill to provide compensation if crops, trees, fences, shrubs, livestock or other objects are damaged during carbon capture construction.