Kentucky is quickly moving to the head of the line when innovative and progressive environmental legislation is considered. With the assistance and support of House Majority Leader Rocky Adkins the state legislature approved HB 1 in 2007. HB 1 included legislation to set aside $7 million for funding research to perfect the underground storage and management of CO2. This is an important step for Kentucky.

Kentucky is one of the richest states when considering coal reserves, but a state with a poor economy. The U.S. movement towards building plants to convert coal to a syngas and produce ultra clean low sulfur diesel and other liquid fuels provides Kentucky a wonderful opportunity.

These new types of coal plants are cleaner than previous coal technology, but there is a need for CO2 to be injected into deep geological formations for storage. Among other provisions, HB 1 sets aside money for studying the geological formations in Kentucky for CO2 storage.

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