Articles Tagged: Pipelines

The Senate has been hesitant to take up legislation dealing with eminent domain for carbon capture pipelines in Iowa.

The Iowa House has passed bills the last two sessions limiting the scope of eminent domain for carbon capture pipeline projects, but they have not received hearings in the Senate. The latest attempt in the House advanced out of a committee Tuesday on a 23-0 bipartisan vote.

Ethanol producer Valero is joining Summit’s proposed CO2 pipeline, Iowa Republicans celebrate court ruling in favor of Trump

Also, a bill that combines a ban on automated traffic enforcement cameras with a requirement for only hands-free use of mobile devices while driving advanced.

Landowners and environmentalists staged a die-in Thursday at the Iowa Capitol as part of rally urging lawmakers to pass legislation to address growing concerns about safety and the use of eminent domain for proposed carbon capture pipelines.

Final arguments over Summit Carbon Solutions’ pipeline permit have concluded, and the Iowa Utilities Board is set to decide whether to approve the controversial project.

Also, Iowa AG leads letter urging continuation of Dakota Access pipeline

Republican presidential candidate pushing issue in Iowa this week

Presidential hopeful criticizes ‘establishment GOP’ for its support of eminent domain process

Farmers should request refunds of the penny-per-bushel fee they pay for their sold corn to protest the Iowa Corn Growers Association’s support of carbon pipelines, according to some pipeline opponents.

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.

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.

A carbon dioxide pipeline company did not properly notify a pair of northwest Iowa landowners before it sought to survey their farmland, a state district court judge has concluded.

Experts discussed plume modeling and emergency response at Des Moines meeting of federal regulator

CO2 pipeline opponents see it as attempt to push landowners to sign agreements