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Vivek Ramaswamy condemns eminent domain, carbon capture pipelines in Des Moines forum
DES MOINES — Vivek Ramaswamy criticized plans to build carbon capture pipelines across Iowa as an abuse of eminent domain and questioned the climate change goals the pipelines serve to advance at a rally in Des Moines Friday. The Ohio biotech entrepreneur and...
Ramaswamy challenges Iowa’s governor, GOP rivals to take a stand on carbon pipelines
Des Moines, Iowa — Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says the government should not grant carbon pipeline developers authority to seize land from Iowans who do not want the pipeline on their property. [audio...
Vivek Ramaswamy Says His Acknowledgement Of One Key Issue Could Make Him ‘A Major Surprise’ In Iowa Caucus
Vivek Ramaswamy Says His Acknowledgement Of One Key Issue Could Make Him ‘A Major Surprise’ In Iowa Caucus Harold Hutchison on December 1, 2023 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said that addressing a proposed carbon capture pipeline could help him...
Presidential politics step into pipeline debate
DES MOINES, Iowa — Vivek Ramaswamy is running for the Republican presidential nomination. On Friday he took a detour to wade into an issue that a number of farmers and land owners are dealing with across the state — a proposed Summit Carbon Pipeline. A group called...
N.D. will hold hearing on pipeline ordinances this month
Commission will decide whether county ordinances restricting placement of CO2 pipelines should stand By Jared Strong - Iowa Capital Dispatch Dec. 4, 2023 5:00 am A sign reading "No CO2, no eminent domain" stands along a rural road east of Bismarck, N.D., in August....
Protecting Property Rights Takes Courage & Advocacy
FARMERS UNION ... A Landowner Rights panel discussion was held during the South Dakota Farmers Union State Convention PUBLISHED ON December 4, 2023 Spink County Commissioner Suzanne Smith encourages other county governments to establish ordinances to protect property...
Schneidermann: Expect resistance to renewable energy projects
Back in October, when Navigator CO2 Ventures announced that it had killed its proposed $3.5 billion, 1,300-mile Heartland Greenway carbon-capture pipeline across Iowa and several other states, news organizations carried the story on their front pages and at the top of...
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South Dakotans First forms to change state eminent domain laws
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Three statewide organizations are banding together for a campaign, looking to change South Dakota’s eminent domain laws. Dakota Rural Action, Landowners for Eminent Domain Reform, and the South Dakota Farmers Union are the...
The head of South Dakota’s largest farm group spearheads a new anti-pipeline effort — alone.
A new grassroots coalition wants to bring South Dakota's property rights groups, including those representing landowners affected by carbon dioxide pipelines, under one organizational umbrella. South Dakotans First, a newly-formed group spearheaded by South Dakota...
Solutions to Carbon-capture Strong-arming – The New American
The Pipeline Fighters Hub hosted a webinar Thursday, October 12, entitled “Explaining Federal Pipeline Safety Agency PHMSA’s Letter Re: Local Authority Over CO2 Pipelines.” PHMSA stands for Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), a division of...
No eminent domain solely for private gain
Democratic State Representative Chuck Isenhart represents Iowa House district 72, covering part of Dubuque and nearby areas. He is a member of the Iowa House Economic Growth Committee, the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators, and the Natural Resources and...
Carbon capture pipeline may get new North Dakota hearing in December
Utility regulators in North Dakota may hold a hearing no sooner than December to consider oral arguments about county ordinances that would restrict the placement of Summit Carbon Solutions’ proposed carbon capture pipeline in that state. That conflicts with the...
The Risks of Carbon Capture – Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Carbon capture, also known as carbon capture and storage (CCS) or carbon sequestration, is a process that captures carbon emissions from industrial processes or power plants and permanently stores it underground.1 The Global CCS Institute, a think tank dedicated to...
