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What If We Belched Less CO2 into the Atmosphere by Stashing It under Kansas?

(Image by Crysta Henthorne / Kansas News Service)
(Image by Crysta Henthorne / Kansas News Service)

Large industrial operations — think electrical power plants, oil refineries, ethanol facilities — cough carbon dioxide into the atmosphere by the ton. That, in turn, warms the planet. But now, some researchers think Kansas could be a good place to pump the gas underground, rather than up in the air. Brian Grimmett, of the Kansas News Service, reports on why that could happen here.


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Brian Grimmett is a reporter for KMUW Radio and a contributor to the Kansas News Service. Follow him on Twitter. The Kansas News Service is a collaboration of public media news outlets, including Kansas Public Radio, KCUR, KMUW and High Plains Public Radio, dedicated to reporting on the health and well-being of Kansans, their communities and civic life. Discover more stories at ksnewsservice.org

The Kansas News Service produces essential enterprise reporting, diving deep and connecting the dots in tracking the policies, issues and and events that affect the health of Kansans and their communities. The team is based at KCUR and collaborates with public media stations and other news outlets across Kansas. Kansas News Service stories and photos may be republished at no cost with proper attribution and a link back to kcur.org. The Kansas News Service is made possible by a group of funding organizations, led by the Kansas Health Foundation. Other founders include United Methodist Health Ministry Fund, Sunflower Foundation, REACH Healthcare Foundation and the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City.