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Article: US agency, in first rules on carbon dioxide burial, seeks to protect drinking water sources
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- July 15, 2008
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to make sure curbing global warming does not contaminate drinking water.
In its first regulations on the burial of carbon dioxide underground, the EPA on Tuesday unveiled measures to protect drinking water from the gas behind the bubbles in carbonated beverages. The fledgling technology, known as carbon sequestration, is critical to reducing carbon dioxide released into the air from coal-fired power plants, one of the largest U.S sources of the greenhouse gas.
"This rule paves the way for technologies that will protect public health and reduce the effects of climate change," said Benjamin Grumbles, an assistant ...