Deery Testifying on Carbon Bill

State Sen. Spencer Deery (R-West Lafayette) will testify in favor of Senate Bill 7, a bill he’s authored, during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Environmental Affairs today. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. SB 7 would ensure local county commissioners get to sign off on any carbon sequestration projects that bring in carbon from outside the county.

The committee hearing can be livestreamed online at iga.IN.gov.

“Hoosiers have strong feelings about carbon sequestration, but current law often gives more say to out-of-state landowners than the people of Vermillion County or any other county,” Deery said. “Sen. Niemeyer and I have been working for years to give county commissioners a voice into whether a company should be allowed to store carbon under their county, and this hearing will be the first time the bill has received a hearing. I look forward to working with my Senate colleagues on Senate Bill 7 and testifying in support of the legislation on Monday.”

Deery represents Senate District 23, which includes Fountain, Parke, Vermillion and Warren counties and portions of Montgomery and Tippecanoe counties.