THE CANADIAN PRESS
REGINA - Saskatchewan and Montana are joining forces on a plan to clean up the air by pumping carbon emissions underground.
Premier Brad Wall and Governor Brian Schweitzer have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together on a carbon capture project.
The proposed $270 million plan would see carbon dioxide emitted from a coal-fired power plant in southern Saskatchewan piped to Montana where it would be stored underground.
Saskatchewan will put $50 million toward the project and has asked the Canadian government to kick in $100 million.
Schweitzer says the memorandum doesn't "commit one nickel from either side," but he says he's confident the U.S. federal government will pitch in $100 million to help.
Wall and Schweitzer say their regions rely heavily on coal for power and something needs to be done about the carbon emissions.
