Keeping tabs on dangerous CO2 pipelines

Major fine levied as a result of investigation into catastrophic Mississippi rupture, but questions remain about oversight of carbon capture industry

This article, published in Mississippi Today via Floodlight, highlights alleged intimidation and resistance to federal safety regulators following a catastrophic Satartia, Mississippi pipeline rupture that sent 45 area residents to the hospital. With the Trump administration decimating federal agencies, including those charged with protecting public health, it is not clear if the fine against the Denbury pipeline company (owned by ExxonMobil) will be enforced.