STOP the Montezuma Carbon Hub – NO CO2 PIPELINES IN THE BAY!

Video by Constance Beutel, Sep 9, 2025

Communities Against Carbon Transport and Injection – CACTI

On September 9, 2025, CACTI was launched. 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.

Video chapters:

• • 00:00 Title
  • 00:05 Isabel Penman, Northern California Organizer, Food and Water Watch/Action
  • 01:51 Kathy Kerridge, Benicia, CA resident
  • 05:06 Dr. Bonnie Hamilton
  • 08:28 Intro to recording of Jerry Briggs First Responder, Mississippi
  • 10:47 Aundi Mevoli, Bay Keeper
  • 14:54 Victoria Bogdantejeda, Center for Biological Diversity
  • 17:53 Isabel Penman, wrap up

LEARN MORE… about the proposed carbon dioxide waste dump near Solano County’s Montezuma Wetlands at cacticoalition.org.