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SUMMIT PIPELINE 101 FOR LANDOWNERS (1/6/25)

Deadline to join: Jan. 17 to be represented by attorney Brian Jorde along with South Dakota Easement Team legal co-op landowners at the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission’s permit proceedings for the proposed Summit pipeline.

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Landowners Win Victory at South Dakota Supreme Court

The South Dakota Supreme Court on Aug. 22, 2024 ruled that Summit Carbon Solutions (SCS) has not proven that it is a “common carrier” or that CO2 is a commodity under state law, and so at this time is not authorized to use eminent domain to seize landowners’ property against their will for its dangerous and unwanted multistate CO2 pipeline and underground waste dump. “SCS has also failed to establish that the CO2 featured in this case is a commodity,” the justices wrote. The case was remanded for further lower court proceedings.

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Dakotafest audience hears carbon pipeline critics, proponents

via AgWeek
August 17, 2022

“…The South Dakota Farm Bureau hosted an educational panel on the first day of the Dakotafest farm show in Mitchell, South Dakota, on the topic of the proposed Summit Pipeline… A packed audience of farmers applauded loudest after the measured but concerned comments from Jay Poindexter, a cattleman and farmer from from Ree Heights, South Dakota. The Farm Bureau added Poindexter to the program after landowners had expressed concerns that opposition to the pipeline was being excluded.”

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