Carbon dioxide (CO2) pipelines pose significant safety hazards to communities and the environment: [link removed]

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Dear Friend,

Under the guise of cutting carbon emissions and combatting the climate crisis, the fossil fuel industry is championing carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects to prolong record profits at the expense of frontline communities, taxpayers, and the global climate. The reality is that these projects are often a lifeline for fossil fuels and perpetuate pollution in overburdened communities.

The CCS buildout relies on transporting highly pressurized carbon dioxide (CO2) over miles and miles of pipelines from one polluting facility to a storage facility.

Pipeline companies are planning to build out a network of CO2 pipelines throughout the Midwest and Gulf Coast regions. But the problem is that CO2 pipelines are dangerously under-regulated and pose significant safety hazards to communities and the environment.

Tell the Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) that it must ensure the safety of communities and recognize the immediate need for comprehensive regulation of CO2 pipelines.

The unique physical properties of CO2 create a higher likelihood of a pipeline opening up like a zipper when a rupture occurs, leading to more gas being released over a shorter period of time and potentially violent and dangerous pipe shrapnel.

CO2 is an asphyxiant that’s heavier than air. When a CO2 pipeline ruptures, it can cause serious health problems and even suffocate people and animals. To make matters worse, in large quantities, CO2 can cause vehicles to stop working, trapping cars trying to evacuate and preventing emergency responders from reaching impacted communities.

Current federal pipeline safety regulations do not adequately address the risk a major CO2 pipeline buildout poses to the public. That needs to change. Tell this administration that communities need protection from the dangers of CO2 pipelines so it must update its regulations of these pipelines as quickly as possible.

Sincerely,
Hana Vizcarra
Senior Attorney


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