Developers are proposing a dangerous carbon waste dumping project near the Montezuma Wetlands and a massive buildout of CO2 pipelines across the Bay Area. We need your help to get our local cities to take a stand and oppose this project!

This carbon capture and storage project, also called carbon waste dumping, involves capturing some of the carbon pollution from refineries, powerplants and other industrial facilities around the Bay Area, compressing it, and pumping it through dangerous pipelines to an injection site near ecologically sensitive wetlands in Solano County. Not only will the project extend environmental injustice in the Bay Area, it will fail to significantly reduce carbon emissions, and in fact will likely increase carbon emissions from polluting facilities in the region.

Because of the incentives in place, carbon capture projects like Montezuma LLC could also let refineries and power plants across the Bay Area continue polluting indefinitely — while increasing the risk of CO2 pipeline leaks. CO2 is heavier than air and a leak displaces oxygen, leading to asphyxiation, seizures, loss of consciousness, and even death for people and animals.

More information about this campaign at cacticoalition.org

RICHMOND RESIDENTS: Richmond city council is planning to vote on a resolution to express the community’s opposition to the proposal and calls on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to deny the project’s permits, which would keep it from moving forward, on April 28th! Sign the petition below to show your support and SHOW UP IN PERSON on April 28th to give public comment or show solidarity!

OTHER CONTRA COSTA COUNTY RESIDENTS: If Richmond passes the resolution, we hope to introduce similar resolutions in Vallejo, Benicia, Suisun, and Antioch – all cities that would be impacted by the proposed Montezuma carbon pipeline project. Sign on to your city’s respective petition to stand up to the fossil fuel industry and protect our community!