Illinois regulators have given the FutureGen Alliance the go-ahead for a 30-mile carbon dioxide pipeline.
The State Journal-Register reports the pipeline would be buried at least four feet underground in northeast Morgan County. It'd be even deeper under farmland.
The $1.68 billion project will refit a coal-fired power plant in Meredosia in western Illinois. Authorities want to remove carbon dioxide from the coal and store it underground. The greenhouse gas is linked to climate change.