Carbon capture will subject frontline
communities to more pollution. We
already know that children playing
near fossil fuel power plants are at
greater risk for asthma and other
respiratory illnesses.
Carbon Waste Dumping poses
significant threats to public health
because of the risks associated with
compressed carbon dioxide leaking
from pipelines and injection wells.
The Montezuma CarbonHub is
proposed near communities that
are already disproportionately
burdened by pollution in Solano and
Contra Costa Counties.
In 2020, a carbon pipeline ruptured
in Satartia, Mississippi. The CO2
stopped emergency vehicles in their
tracks, as it displaced the oxygen
needed for fuel combustion. It sent
49 people to the hospital, and many
victims still experienced symptoms
months later.
Negative Public
Health Impacts:
The Montezuma NorCal Carbon Sequestration Hub proposes to drill an injection well near the Montezuma wetlands, across Suisun Bay from Pittsburg & Antioch.
Dangerously compressed carbon dioxide (CO2) from fossil fuel facilities around the Bay would be collected and transported by barge and pipeline to the injection site, ultimately expanding the lifespan of the dirty facilities and putting communities and the environment at risk.
For the health and safety of our communities,
STOP Montezuma CarbonHub!
A Failed, Expensive Technology
It is vital to cut carbon emissions, but this carbon dumping scheme is not the answer.
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), or carbon dumping schemes, are a flawed and inefficient technology that has repeatedly overpromised and under- delivered on its capture rates while providing cover for dirty industries.
The fossil fuel industry is counting on carbon storage as a scheme to continue extracting and refining fossil fuels. It requires vast amounts of energy and lengthens the lifespan of fossil fuel facilities.
Instead, we need to focus on the real climate solution: phasing out fossil fuel facilities.
Risking Catastrophe
A Threat to Biodiversity
There’s a Better Way
Any rupture in a CO2 pipeline would be a public health catastrophe. When carbon dioxide leaks into the air, it stays low and spreads quickly as a dense, white fog. It can lead to asphyxiation, seizures, loss of consciousness, and potentially death.
California has no safety regulations in place for CO2 pipelines, and federal rules are inadequate. Carbon dioxide pipelines are simply too big a risk, particularly in our earthquake-prone state.
The Montezuma Wetlands project is supposed to restore 1800 acres of tidal wetlands in the Delta ecosystem and protect endangered species. Drilling an injection well and building pipelines near this sensitive habitat would damage local ecosystems and threaten wildlife.
Instead of allowing the fossil fuel industry to keep polluting, we should switch to safer, cheaper, and proven renewable energy sources. Our priority needs to be an immediate community-driven just transition away from fossil fuels.
Learn more here or go to
https://linktr.ee/bayareacacti
Contact us at [email protected]
Check out our virtual flier here.
Contact us at [email protected]
Carbon capture will subject frontline
communities to more pollution. We
already know that children playing
near fossil fuel power plants are at
greater risk for asthma and other
respiratory illnesses.
Carbon Waste Dumping poses
significant threats to public health
because of the risks associated with
compressed carbon dioxide leaking
from pipelines and injection wells.
Because compressed CO2 is more
dense than oxygen, pipeline leaks
displace the oxygen in air we
breathe leading to asphyxiation,
seizures, loss of consciousness, and
potentially death.
In 2020, a carbon pipeline ruptured
in Satartia, Mississippi. The CO2
stopped emergency vehicles in their
tracks, as it displaced the oxygen
needed for fuel combustion. It sent
49 people to the hospital, and many
victims still experienced symptoms
months later.
Negative Public
Health Impacts:
For the health and safety of our communities,
STOP Montezuma CarbonHub!
A Failed, Expensive Technology
It is vital to cut carbon emissions, but this carbon dumping scheme is not the answer. Worldwide, such projects have failed or are underperforming — despite billions of dollars spent on developing the technology.
The fossil fuel industry is counting on carbon storage as a scheme to continue extracting and refining fossil fuels. It requires vast amounts of energy and lengthens the lifespan of fossil fuel facilities.
New science data on safety risks and less than desired carbon reductions point to the urgent need to focus on the real climate solution: phasing out fossil fuel facilities.
Risking Catastrophe
A Threat to Biodiversity
There’s a Better Way
Any rupture in a CO2 pipeline would be a public health catastrophe. When carbon dioxide leaks into the air, it stays low and spreads quickly as a dense, white fog. It can lead to asphyxiation, seizures, loss of consciousness, and potentially death.
California has no safety regulations in place for CO2 pipelines, and federal rules are inadequate. Especially here in our earthquake-prone state, carbon dioxide pipelines are simply too big a risk.
Instead of allowing the fossil fuel industry to keep polluting, we should switch to safer, cheaper, renewable energy sources. All that money going to carbon waste dumping would be much better spent on building solar arrays and wind farms—and retraining displaced fossil fuel industry workers.
Contact us at [email protected]
The Montezuma Wetlands project is supposed to restore 1800 acres of tidal wetlands in the Delta ecosystem and protect endangered species. Drilling an injection well and building pipelines near this sensitive habitat would damage local ecosystems and threaten wildlife.
The Montezuma NorCal Carbon Sequestration Hub proposes to drill an injection well near the Montezuma wetlands, across Suisun Bay from Pittsburg & Antioch.
Dangerously compressed carbon dioxide (CO2) from fossil fuel facilities around the Bay would be collected and transported by barge and pipeline to the injection site, ultimately expanding the lifespan of the dirty facilities and putting communities and the environment at risk.
Learn more here or go to
https://linktr.ee/bayareacacti
Check out our virtual flier here.
Contact us at [email protected]