Kyle Henderson Appointed to Federal Task Force

Paducah Native Kyle

Henderson has dedicated his career to supporting the working men and women who build the infrastructure around us. From bridges to factories to healthcare facilities and everything in between, it’s been Kyle’s mission to ensure that, when these projects are built, the men and women who do this work are able to do so safely and receive fair wages to support their families. Kyle’s support has come in many forms over the years. First, as a pipe fitter himself, Kyle has worked on jobs around the Paducah area. Then Kyle assumed the role of business manager and business agent for the Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 184, where he worked hard to ensure members were trained for safety and secured members’ jobs with fair wages and benefits.

After 15 years in his leadership role for Local 184, Kyle was offered the opportunity to serve in a more national role as a Special Representative of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry. Now he spends his days working closely with ten local unions in Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

Most recently Kyle was offered the chance to serve the nation in the advancement of energy infrastructure as a Presidential Appointee of the White House Council on Environmental Quality “Carbon Dioxide Capture, Utilization and Sequestration Non-Federal Lands Permitting” Task Force. This task force was created by the Utilizing Significant Emissions with Innovative Technologies Act, and will provide recommendations to the federal government on how to ensure that carbon capture, utilization and sequestration projects, including carbon dioxide pipelines, are permitted in an efficient manner, reflect the input and needs of a wide range of stakeholders, and deliver benefits to local communities.

As noted by the UA, Kyle’s membership on the task force is a representation of the men and women actually building these projects and will bring their voice to the conversations guiding permitting, policies, and future legislation concerning carbon sequestration. “I’ve always said, If you are not at the table, you are on the menu,” Kyle comments. “I am proud to be at the table representing the people who are and will be building this important infrastructure for our country. It’s important to me that there’s a voice for the men and women who show up every day on a job that affords them and their families the American dream. These are not just jobs, these are careers that provide benefits so workers can live and retire with dignity.”

Billions of dollars are flowing to these types of projects. Just one example of this is the recent launch of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) programs which will distribute $3.7 billion to accelerate private-sector investment, spur advancements in monitoring and reporting practices for carbon management technologies, and provide grants to state and local governments to procure and use products developed from captured carbon emissions.