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An Indiana Senate bill authored by state Sen. Rick Niemeyer, R-Lowell, would impose additional procedural requirements on a planned carbon dioxide sequestration project by petroleum giant BP. Niemeyer’s bill has been lauded by environmental activists who have concerns over the proposal’s efficacy and impact. Produced through the burning of fossil fuels, atmospheric carbon dioxide is a primary driver of human-made climate change. Carbon capture projects like the one proposed by BP seek to collect carbon from industrial site that would have otherwise entered the atmosphere and store it in a liqu…

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