via AgWeek
by Jeff Beach
March 17, 2022

The main trunk of Summit's Midwest Carbon Express pipeline is planned to run from Iowa through South Dakota to western North Dakota, where liquid carbon dioxide can be pumped underground for permanent storage. The prospect of eminent domain has prompted filings with the Iowa Utilities Board.

via Iowa Public Radio
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.”

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.”