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Dakotafest audience hears carbon pipeline critics, proponents

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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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Landowner attorney tells South Dakota that Summit's pipeline application should be thrown out

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By Jeff Beach
May 18, 2022

“An attorney representing multiple landowners in the path of a proposed carbon pipeline says the company's South Dakota application for a permit should be thrown out. The filing with the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission by attorney Brian Jorde is in response to a request from Summit Carbon Solutions for more time for its permit to be processed.

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KELO: SDPUC lets more intervene in CO2 pipeline case

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Bob Mercer, 4/28/22

“The company seeking a state permit to build a carbon dioxide pipeline through eastern South Dakota hasn’t yet filed a final route plan. And that’s raised uncertainty for landowners along it who aren’t sure whether their properties are within the 10 miles distance that would allow them to intervene,” KELO reports. “…Omaha, Nebraska, lawyer Brian Jorde represents many of the landowners along the route. Jorde filed a motion Thursday calling for the commission to keep the period open for landowners to intervene for 60 days after the commission receives the final map. “We simply have no idea of what’s being permitted or what the request is,” Jorde told the commission. “The starting point is, what’s the route? We don’t know.”

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Iowa Public Radio: Iowa landowners unite against use of eminent domain

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By Kendall Crawford
February 24, 2022

“Iowa landowners are uniting to defend themselves against the use of eminent domain. The newly formed Iowa Easement Team wants to stop Summit Carbon Solutions and Navigator CO2 Ventures from using eminent domain to build pipelines throughout Iowa. Hundreds of farmers in the path of the recently proposed carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) pipelines have jointly hired the Omaha-based Domina Law to lead their legal effort.”

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KELO: McPherson County says temporary no to CO2 pipelines

KELO: McPherson County says temporary no to CO2 pipelines
By Rae Yost, 2/1/22

“For now, McPherson County does not want any pipeline carrying hazardous material to be built in the county. Sid Feickert, a county commissioner, said the county’s planning and zoning board and county commission board in January both approved a moratorium on pipelines carrying hazardous material. While Feickert said that would include oil and other materials, the moratorium was passed as a developer plans to build a carbon dioxide pipeline in the county.”

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