Hoosiers Testify in Support of Bill to Require Local Approval of Carbon Storage Projects
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 27, 2026
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Mark Hefflinger, Bold Alliance, mark@boldalliance.org
Hoosiers Testify in Support of Bill to Require Local Approval of Carbon Storage Projects
Indianapolis – Hoosiers opposed to risky “carbon capture, utilization & storage” (CCUS) boondoggle projects traveled to the Capitol on Tuesday to support Senate Bill 7, a bill that would require carbon storage projects to first obtain local government approval. The bill passed the Environmental Affairs Committee on a 7-3 vote.
The simple text of SB7, “Provides that a storage operator may not operate a carbon sequestration project that transports or stores carbon dioxide outside the county where the carbon dioxide is generated unless the project is approved by the appropriate county legislative body or plan commission.”
Members of Bold’s Indiana Action Team, a grassroots organization established for the benefit of landowners and community members affected by Wabash Valley Resources’ plan to create an underground toxic CO2 waste dump in Indiana, were among those who testified and submitted comments in support of SB7.
“We are glad to hear that SB7 passed out of committee. This is a common sense bill that puts power over a community's future back where it belongs, in the hands of the people and the local government. The best and most effective government will always be the one that's closest to home,” said Whitney Boyce, of Concerned Citizens Against Wabash Valley Resources.
"The purpose of SB7 is to put power into the hands of communities targeted by risky carbon capture projects. The people most likely to be impacted by these projects deserve a seat at the table. It’s a simple, commonsense bill that deserves to be enacted into law," said Emma Schmit, Bold Alliance's Pipeline Fighters Director.
About Bold’s Easement Action Teams:
The Easement Action Teams are a project of the Bold Education Fund. The EATs work with local communities to provide immediate legal representation to landowners facing pipelines and other fossil fuel infrastructure. Our first priority is to protect landowners’ property rights and water. We believe landowners should have the ultimate right of what does and does not happen on their land. We stand against the use of eminent domain for private gain. (https://easementLLC.org) The Indiana Action Team is a grassroots organization established for the benefit of landowners and community members affected by Wabash Valley Resources’ plan to create an underground toxic CO2 waste dump in Indiana. (https://indianaactionteam.org)
About Bold Pipeline Fighters Hub:
The Bold Pipeline Fighters Hub, a project of the Bold Education Fund, provides technical, legal, story telling and organizing assistance to any community fighting pipelines and other fossil fuel infrastructure, with the goal of protecting the land and water. (https://pipelinefighters.org)
About Bold:
The Bold Alliance and Bold Education Fund are coordinating state-based groups with our Pipeline Fighters Hub and landowner legal groups called the Easement Action Teams to stop carbon pipelines from using eminent domain for private gain. We believe that carbon capture and storage (CCS) is unproven and overly expensive and wastefully incentivized approach to climate change, and that the carbon pipelines needed for CCS are poorly planned, under-regulated, and risky infrastructure. These huge and complex projects should not move forward until counties, states and the federal government prove first that they are a better climate solution than renewable energy, and second that safety, planning, and routing standards are in place to avoid inefficient chaotic development driven by wasteful federal spending. (https://boldalliance.org)
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