Project in works in Toole County: $85M experiment will help determine whether C02 can be economically, safely stored underground

The effort to address climate change has gone underground, in a matter of speaking.

In Toole County, researchers working with the Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Project have been busy probing the depths of Kevin Dome, a 700-square-mile geologic formation near the U.S.-Canadian border.

The eight-year, $85 million project, funded in part by the Department of Energy, will help determine whether underground geologic formations like Kevin Dome (pronounced Keevin) can be used to safely and economically store carbon dioxide, a heat-trapping gas that’s a byproduct of industrialization and is a major contributor to global warming.

By TOM HOWARD, Billings Gazette

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/business/montana-inbusiness/project-in-works-in-toole-county-m-experiment-will-help/article_e1378a14-3776-11e4-987a-0019bb2963f4.html