Articles Tagged: Carbon sequestration

A look back at the top news stories from the week of Aug. 21

A Tama town hall Tuesday was her 29th town hall since being elected to Congress in 2020, and her ninth in-person town hall this year.

Three Iowa landowners -- all women -- testified Tuesday about their fears and frustrations about a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline being built by their homes, crops and dairy cows.

Supporters of two CO2 sequestration pipelines say they've already secured easements in Minnesota without the use of eminent domain — a law that has produced ire in Iowa and South Dakota.

While the Iowa Utilities Board will decide whether three carbon dioxide pipelines get state permits, other government bodies must sign off on parts of these multibillion dollar projects. And some local regulations may throw a wrench in the works.

Models that predict consequences of CO2 leak could aid saboteurs, the company argues.

“Without a North Dakota permit, Summit has no project,” wrote Wally Taylor, an attorney for the Sierra Club, in a motion to suspend the permit proceedings in Iowa.

Navigator is the second company to propose a sprawling pipeline system in Iowa to transport captured carbon dioxide away from ethanol plants and other facilities.

The pipeline company resists an order it share details privately with the Farm Bureau and Sierra Club, saying the groups may release the data to the public despite restrictions.

Summit proposed the pipeline to capture carbon dioxide from more than 30 ethanol plants in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota, and to store it deep underground in North Dakota.

But the company has yet to file list of properties subject to eminent domain, though it has promised it in May.

A group of South Dakota lawmakers has begun circulating a petition in hopes of forcing a special session to protect private property rights against the developers of a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline.

An ordinance adopted by Western Iowa’s Shelby County that would severely restrict the placement of a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline conflicts with state and federal regulations, judge rules.

Iowa regulators considering requests to delay the evidentiary hearing for Summit’s proposed carbon dioxide pipeline, and there is also a pending motion to dismiss the company’s petition for a permit.

The survey work for Summit Carbon Solutions will help determine the path and depth of the company’s proposed pipeline, which is set for a final permit hearing later this year.