South Dakota law raises questions about future of massive Midwest pipeline
3 weeks, 1 day ago

South Dakota law raises questions about future of massive Midwest pipeline

Associated Press  

— A new law in South Dakota prohibiting the use of eminent domain to acquire land for carbon capture pipelines raises questions about the viability of a proposed 2,500 mile project snaking through five Midwest states. The sponsor of the South Dakota bill, Republican Rep. Karla Lems, said Summit could either reroute its pipeline through Minnesota into North Dakota or “negotiate with landowners in South Dakota” and go around opponents. Rhoden said the South Dakota law wasn’t intended to kill the project and suggested Summit see it as “an opportunity to reset.” Minnesota is a relatively small part of Summit’s overall project. Walt Wendland, who runs an ethanol plant in Onida, South Dakota, said the “ethanol industry is a margin business” and the new state law will put South Dakota ethanol producers at a disadvantage. In its statement, Summit expressed optimism about the future but didn’t offer specifics about how it could build a pipeline without eminent domain authority in South Dakota.

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Midwest carbon-capture pipeline could be delayed after eminent domain ban in South Dakota
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Midwest carbon-capture pipeline could be delayed after eminent domain ban in South Dakota

Associated Press  

— The company behind an $8.9 billion carbon-capture pipeline proposed for five Midwestern states said Wednesday it wants to indefinitely delay its plans after South Dakota passed a law limiting its ability to acquire land for the project. But even as it filed a motion to suspend its pipeline permit application timeline with the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, the …

New South Dakota law threatens massive carbon dioxide pipeline proposed for Midwest
3 weeks, 3 days ago

New South Dakota law threatens massive carbon dioxide pipeline proposed for Midwest

Associated Press  

South Dakota’s governor signed a bill into law Thursday that bans the taking of private property for building carbon dioxide pipelines, a blow to a sprawling Midwest pipeline network that ethanol producers see as key for their future. Larry Rhoden said the measure restricting eminent domain “does not kill” Summit’s project, and he encouraged the company to view the law …

North Dakota regulators consider underground carbon dioxide storage permits for Midwest pipeline
3 months, 2 weeks ago

North Dakota regulators consider underground carbon dioxide storage permits for Midwest pipeline

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota panel will consider Thursday whether to approve permits for underground storage of hundreds of millions of metric tons of carbon dioxide that a proposed pipeline would carry from ethanol plants throughout the Midwest. Summit’s 2,500-mile, $8 billion pipeline would transport planet-warming CO2 emissions from 57 ethanol plants in North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota …

Regulators approve North Dakota section of planned 5-state Midwest carbon dioxide pipeline
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Regulators approve North Dakota section of planned 5-state Midwest carbon dioxide pipeline

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota utility regulators granted approval on Friday for a span of a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline that would cross five Midwestern states — a key victory for the company that has faced vociferous landowner objections and various hurdles and setbacks in its plans. The state Public Service Commission voted unanimously to approve a siting permit for …

Midwestern carbon dioxide pipeline project gets approval in Iowa, but still has a long way to go
9 months ago

Midwestern carbon dioxide pipeline project gets approval in Iowa, but still has a long way to go

Associated Press  

Iowa public utility regulators on Tuesday approved a controversial carbon dioxide pipeline for transporting emissions of the climate-warming greenhouse gas for storage underground in a win for Summit Carbon Solutions’ project after setbacks in other states and opposition from landowners around the Midwest. The $5.5 billion, 2,500-mile pipeline network would carry planet-warming CO2 emissions, liquefied under pressure, from more than …

Takeaways: A possible Trump VP pick grapples with supporting a CO2 pipeline
9 months ago

Takeaways: A possible Trump VP pick grapples with supporting a CO2 pipeline

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota Gov. But back home, far from the glare of the campaign trail, the two-term governor is wrestling with a $5.5 billion carbon dioxide pipeline project that has split his state and left him straddling an awkward political divide as Trump and President Joe Biden offer voters starkly different visions of how to tackle — or …

Navigator cancels proposed Midwestern CO2 pipeline, citing ‘unpredictable’ regulatory processes
1 year, 5 months ago

Navigator cancels proposed Midwestern CO2 pipeline, citing ‘unpredictable’ regulatory processes

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — A company on Friday said it would cancel its plans for a 1,300-mile pipeline across five Midwestern states that would have gathered carbon dioxide emissions from ethanol plants and buried the gas deep underground. Navigator’s pipeline would have carried planet-warming CO2 emissions from more than 20 plants across Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota for permanent …

North Dakota panel will reconsider denying permit for Summit CO2 pipeline
1 year, 6 months ago

North Dakota panel will reconsider denying permit for Summit CO2 pipeline

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota utility regulators in an unusual move granted a request to reconsider their denial of a key permit for a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline. Summit Executive Vice President Wade Boeshans told The Associated Press that the company appreciates the panel’s decision and the opportunity to present additional evidence and address the regulators’ concerns. The panel last …

North Dakota panel will reconsider denying permit for Summit CO2 pipeline
1 year, 6 months ago

North Dakota panel will reconsider denying permit for Summit CO2 pipeline

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Summit Executive Vice President Wade Boeshans told The Associated …

South Dakota panel denies application for CO2 pipeline; Summit to refile for permit
1 year, 6 months ago

South Dakota panel denies application for CO2 pipeline; Summit to refile for permit

Associated Press  

South Dakota regulators on Monday rejected a permit application for a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline through the state, dealing a fresh setback to the company behind the multistate project after North Dakota refused a siting permit for another leg there. The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously to turn down Summit Carbon Solutions’ application to build a 469-mile in-state …

CO2 pipeline project denied key permit in South Dakota; another seeks second chance in North Dakota
1 year, 6 months ago

CO2 pipeline project denied key permit in South Dakota; another seeks second chance in North Dakota

Associated Press  

South Dakota regulators on Wednesday denied a construction permit for a carbon dioxide pipeline project, one month after a North Dakota panel did the same to a similar project by another company. Navigator CO2 Ventures wants to build a 1,300-mile pipeline network across Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota, to carry planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions from more than 20 …

Minnesota regulators vote to proceed with environmental review of disputed carbon capture pipeline
1 year, 6 months ago

Minnesota regulators vote to proceed with environmental review of disputed carbon capture pipeline

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota regulators voted Thursday to proceed with an environmental review for part of a proposed but disputed pipeline network that would carry planet-warming carbon dioxide from Midwest ethanol plants to a permanent underground storage site. The question before the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission on Thursday was narrow: whether to approve a draft plan laying out the scope of …

North Dakota regulators deny siting permit for Summit carbon dioxide pipeline; company will reapply
1 year, 7 months ago

North Dakota regulators deny siting permit for Summit carbon dioxide pipeline; company will reapply

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota regulators denied a siting permit Friday for a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline that would cross five states. The North Dakota Public Service Commission denied the permit for Summit’s Midwest Carbon Express pipeline, which planned a 320-mile route through North Dakota. This is about this project in this place under these circumstances.” Among their findings filed …

South Dakota lawmakers push for special session against carbon capture pipeline
1 year, 8 months ago

South Dakota lawmakers push for special session against carbon capture pipeline

Associated Press  

— 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. Kristi Noem could also call a special session on her own, she said last week that it would be “fruitless” unless lawmakers reach a consensus. Landowners and …

Burleigh County will require permits for CO2 pipelines
2 years ago

Burleigh County will require permits for CO2 pipelines

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota’s Burleigh County has approved an ordinance to require special permits for companies that want to build pipelines for hazardous liquids such as carbon dioxide. The proposal emerged amid pushback from landowners to Iowa-based Summit’s planned $4.5 billion Midwest Carbon Express pipeline, which would cross the county to the north of Bismarck. The pipeline would transport …

North Dakota landowners at odds in carbon pipeline plans
2 years, 2 months ago

North Dakota landowners at odds in carbon pipeline plans

Associated Press  

North Dakota landowners testified for and against a carbon capture company’s use of eminent domain Friday, as Summit Carbon Solutions moves forward in constructing a massive underground system of carbon dioxide pipelines spanning 2,000 miles across several states and under hundreds of people’s homes and farms in the Midwest. Landowners who supported Summit’s right to exercise eminent domain said the …

Oil driller invests in carbon-capture pipeline for Midwest
3 years ago

Oil driller invests in carbon-capture pipeline for Midwest

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota’s biggest oil driller said Wednesday it will commit $250 million to help fund a proposed pipeline that would gather carbon dioxide produced by ethanol plants across the Midwest and pump it thousands of feet underground for permanent storage. Continental Resources, headed by billionaire oil tycoon Harold Hamm, discussed the investment into Summit Carbon Solutions’ $4.5 …

Pipeline would store carbon dioxide emissions from ethanol
3 years, 4 months ago

Pipeline would store carbon dioxide emissions from ethanol

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — A pipeline aiming to pick up carbon dioxide produced by ethanol plants across the Midwest is slated to inject the gas underground in Oliver and Mercer counties, and discussion surrounding the project is heating up. The Midwest Carbon Express pipeline would cross under the Missouri River north of Bismarck, transporting as much as 12 million metric tons …

Court upholds order for Dakota Access environmental review
4 years, 2 months ago

Court upholds order for Dakota Access environmental review

Associated Press  

FARGO, N.D. — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a district judge’s order for a full environmental impact review of the Dakota Access pipeline, but declined to shut the line down while the review is completed. Following a complaint by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said in April 2020 that a more extensive review …

Judge orders Dakota Access pipeline shut down pending review
4 years, 8 months ago

Judge orders Dakota Access pipeline shut down pending review

Associated Press  

FARGO, N.D. — A judge on Monday ordered the Dakota Access pipeline shut down for additional environmental review more than three years after it began pumping oil — handing a victory to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and delivering a blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to weaken public health and environmental protections his administration views as obstacles to businesses. …

South Dakota passes bills to discourage Keystone XL rioting
6 years ago

South Dakota passes bills to discourage Keystone XL rioting

Associated Press  

— South Dakota is poised to approve laws aimed at potential protests against the planned Keystone XL oil pipeline, seeking to prevent disruptive demonstrations like those against the Dakota Access pipeline that cost neighboring North Dakota nearly $40 million and led to hundreds of arrests beginning in late 2016. Noem has said the legislative package was developed to address problems …

The latest challenge for Dakota Access pipeline protesters: A punishing blizzard
8 years, 3 months ago

The latest challenge for Dakota Access pipeline protesters: A punishing blizzard

LA Times  

Efrem John, a Dine Navajo from Shiprock, N.M., clears snow from his camp near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. More than 1,000 people protesting the Dakota Access pipeline have taken refuge in community centers and a casino on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation since a powerful blizzard blew through their main camp. A team of 20 medics …

Native American Tribe Loses Bid To Stop North Dakota Oil Pipeline
8 years, 6 months ago

Native American Tribe Loses Bid To Stop North Dakota Oil Pipeline

Huff Post  

Tepees stand in the Seven Council camp, one of three encampments that have grown on the banks of the Cannon Ball River over the last month with the purpose of stopping construction of the Energy Transfer Partners' Dakota Access oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in Cannon Ball, North Dakota, on Wednesday. Andrew Cullen/Reuters A federal judge denied …

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