Iowa landowners who oppose the carbon pipeline project from Summit Carbon Solutions rallied with renewed energy this week at the state capitol.
The renewed energy comes after South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden signed a law blocking the company from using eminent domain to build its carbon-capture pipelines. Since the South Dakota governor signed the law, Summit has asked the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission to suspend its pipeline permit application.
The Des Moines Register says Summit Carbon Solutions intends to build a carbon sequestration pipeline extending 2,500 miles across South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and North Dakota to connect over 50 ethanol plants.
Several dozen Iowa landowners demanded lawmakers approve House File 943, which would eliminate eminent domain as a way to build carbon dioxide pipelines on agricultural land.
Summit’s communications director told the Register that it’s “unfortunate South Dakota’s laws changed the rules in the middle of the game.”
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