GREENVILLE, Ohio -- "No CO2, No CO2, No CO2," chanted several dozen people as they marched to the beat of a drum Saturday morning from the Annie Oakley Park to the public square in Greenville and back.

They are protesting proposed plans to inject carbon dioxide waste underground in Darke County. The process is called sequestration, which is defined in the dictionary as "to withdraw, to isolate."

The signs carried in the protest read, "No CO2 wells in Darke County," "Take action to stop it now," and, "At risk your home, health and water."

According to Judith Bradbury, outreach coordinator for Battelle, "Carbon dioxide sequestration, the safe capture and storage of carbon dioxide, as proposed to be tested in Greenville, involves capturing carbon dioxide gas from an industrial source, compressing it into a semi-liquid state called a supercritical fluid, and injecting it at least 2,500 feet below the earth's surface into a permeable, porous layer of rock."

Members of the "Citizens Against CO2 Sequestration" passed out fliers during the march inviting people to attend a community meeting on Monday at 7 p.m. at the Christian Lighthouse Center's All Seasons Place, 5256 Sebring-Warner Road in Greenville.

The citizens group fear that two major aquifers will be at risk, "threatening our water," as stated on the flier.

The site for the sequestration is under the ethanol plant in the Greenville Industrial Park.

http://citizensagainstco2sequestration.blogspot.com/

Battelle www.MRCSP.org

Steve.Baker@WHIOTV.com