US EditionWhat is behind a pipeline company's efforts to grab land from Midwest farmers?
- Summit Carbon Solutions filed eminent domain lawsuits against landowners in multiple Midwest states.
- The company proposed a nearly $9 billion carbon pipeline to transport carbon dioxide for underground storage.
- These legal actions, concentrated in South Dakota, sought property access for surveys related to the pipeline project.
- Summit's spokesperson, Sabrina Zenor, stated, "the vast majority of easements have been and continue to be secured voluntarily."
- Backlash against Summit's actions led to a new law banning eminent domain for carbon dioxide pipelines in South Dakota.
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What is behind a pipeline company's efforts to grab land from Midwest farmers?
The company behind a proposed pipeline that would transport carbon dioxide emissions across five Midwest states and store it underground filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners in recent years.
Letter to the Editor: Response to the pipeline amendment
By Rep. Charles Thomson, R-Charles City, and 40 other Iowa senators and representatives The Republican Legislative Intervenors for Justice (RLIJ) express deep disappointment and concern over the recent Bousselot amendment to HF639, the carbon pipeline bill. HF639’s original language made it a strong bill designed to protect Iowa landowners from the unconstitutional use of eminent domain for CO2 pipelines. However efforts from the Senate amendmen…
SEN. ALONS: CO2 pipeline fight continues in Iowa Senate - The Iowa Standard
With 3 weeks to go until the planned end of the 2025 legislative session, we have gotten a number of things completed and have quite a bit left to finish (including the obligatory budget). The topic of CO2 pipelines and specifically the issuance of a conditional permit by the Iowa Utilities Commission (IUC) granting the use of eminent domain to a private, for-profit company – has been unaddressed for the entire 3 years I have been in the Senate.…
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