- The Illinois Environmental Agency did not require carbon capture and burial technology when issuing the final air permit for a coal-to-gas and electric generating facility Tenaska wants to build in Taylorville, but officials said Monday that they will take another look.
- Environmental groups appealed the late-April decision, arguing that federal law requires use of the best available technology to control carbon emissions, not the lower "best feasible" standard.
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's regional administrator wrote to ask IEPA to reconsider and said the federal agency deems carbon capture and burial to be feasible for facilities like Taylorville.
From the article:
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency will reconsider an air pollution permit it granted to Tenaska Inc. in April for a coal-to-gas plant proposed for Taylorville near Springfield. ...