San Juan region as carbon sink?

The Four Corners region has long been tapped for carbon fuels that, when burned, contribute to global warming. But new research in the region eventually may provide a solution to the global warming dilemma, by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and injecting it into coal seams deep below the Earth’s surface.


Read more in this blog post by Joel Gay at The New Mexico Independent on whether this experimental technology could worsen the region’s already bad reputation as one of the worst carbon dioxide-emitters in the nation.