Montezuma LLC is proposing to inject carbon dioxide waste underground near the Montezuma Wetlands in Solano County. Known as the Montezuma Carbon Hub, the project would involve capturing CO₂ from Bay Area refineries and power plants, transporting it via underwater pipeline or boat, and injecting it near a site of sensitive ecological restoration. The pipeline network and injection site would be developed near Bay Area communities like Martinez, Benicia, Antioch, Richmond, and Collinsville.

Carbon waste dumping projects like this one threaten the health and safety of local residents, especially because CO₂ pipelines are dangerous and underregulated. Pipeline leaks can cause suffocation or even death to people and wildlife.

Also known by the euphemism “carbon capture and storage,” carbon waste dumping is a flawed and inefficient technology that has repeatedly overpromised and underdelivered on its ability to capture carbon from industrial facilities — while providing cover for dirty, polluting industries to keep polluting.

It’s not a climate solution — it’s a climate scam.

That’s why CACTI is ...

• Building a broad and powerful coalition of community organizations committed to stopping the project through collective action.
• Educating communities and decisionmakers about the threats carbon waste dumping projects pose to our climate, biodiversity, and public health.
• Calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Solano County to reject permits for the Montezuma Wetlands carbon-dumping project and protect the Bay Area from this dangerous scam.