Thousands of Miles of Pipeline Trying to Push CO2 Underground

The ethanol industry is relying on miles of pipeline to transport a lethal asphyxiant through communities using billions in tax subsidies to increase oil production. Is this the new green plan?

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Thousands of miles of pipeline are currently in use, and more are planned to transport highly acidic liquified carbon dioxide (CO₂) from ethanol plants to deep well injection sites where CO₂ is currently used to increase oil production

• A 2020 leak in a CO₂ pipeline in Biloxi, Mississippi, hospitalized 49 people, some of whom have permane…