DeWitt County is being targeted as a place for potential underground storage of carbon dioxide. 

DeWitt County Board Chair Terry Ferguson indicates the County is on a short list of locations in downstate and central Illinois for underground storage of the gas that is produced from ethanol plants.

According to Ferguson, this is something that has been going on in Macon County for the better part of a decade. He indicates if this was something the County were to consider, they would have to look at zoning ordinances.

There would be a financial benefit for the County if they were to take this project on. Ferguson believes there are three wells being targeted across 5,000 acres of land in the County.

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said that carbon capture and storage could have a key role to play if they are to meet their climate goals in the coming years.