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PUC Cites County Ordinances to Delay Summit CO2 Pipeline
Fellow Democrats, liberals, and other sensible people regularly ask me what grounds for hope remain for good government in South Dakota. How about this: A company run by big, rich Iowa Republicans and lobbied for in South Dakota by the now-former chairman of the South...
South Dakota commission staff files motion to deny Summit’s pipeline permit – Iowa Capital Dispatch
The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission’s staff has filed a motion to deny Summit Carbon Solution’s application to construct a carbon dioxide pipeline, citing non-compliance with ordinances in Brown, McPherson, Minnehaha and Spink counties. The news comes after...
Navigator CO2 Pipeline Project Denied in South Dakota
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 (2,092 kilometers)...
Navigator Carbon Pipeline Permit Rejected in South Dakota – KCHA News
The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission has unanimously rejected Navigator C-O-2 Venture’s application to build a carbon capture pipeline in South Dakota. Navigator is one of three companies with plans to build carbon pipelines in the Midwest, including sections...
S.D.’s Navigator pipeline decision doesn’t bode well for Summit
When denying Navigator CO2 Ventures a permit this week for the part of its multistate pipeline proposed for South Dakota, that state’s regulators declined to overrule county ordinances there that restrict carbon dioxide pipelines. Another pipeline developer, Summit...
After CO2 pipeline denials: Experts offer alternatives
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) -After the recent decisions by the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission to deny both the CO2 pipeline applications, some may be asking what’s next for CO2 capture. Although both Navigator and Summit Carbon Solutions may re-apply...
South Dakota panel denies application for CO2 pipeline; Summit to refile for permit
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...
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Climate Campaigners Celebrate Cancellation of Multi-State Carbon Capture Pipeline
Climate action advocates and scientists joined residents of five Midwestern states in applauding Friday after a Nebraska firm canceled plans to build a carbon pipeline across five states, following outcry from the public and opponents of "dangerous, wasteful" carbon...
Proposed carbon pipeline project across Iowa is canceled
OMAHA, Nebraska – A company that planned to build a carbon pipeline through Iowa and four other states is canceling the project. Navigator CO2 is blaming “the unpredictable nature of the regulatory and government processes involved, particularly in South Dakota and...
Summit pushes carbon pipeline project back; Cedar County’s Sheriff hopes they give up altogether
Summit Carbon Solutions' pipeline project is being pushed back another two years to 2026, according to the Des Moines Register. The Iowa Utilities Board is expected to resume its hearings on the project after putting things on hold earlier this month. Those hearings...
Navigator cancels proposed Midwestern CO2 pipeline
A major Midwestern carbon dioxide pipeline project has been canceled. Navigator CO2 Ventures today (Fri) announced the cancellation of its proposed 1,300-mile Heartland Greenway project. The pipeline would have carried CO2 emissions from more than 20 industrial plants...
Sierra Club says Summit requested some IDNR permitting be placed on hold
The Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club has reported that Summit Carbon Solutions recently requested the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to place a hold on all wastewater and air quality permits needed to complete Summit’s proposed carbon capture and storage project....
Navigator Pulls Illinois CO2 Pipeline Application
When the Public Utilities Commission nuked their carbon-dioxide pipeline permit application last month, Nebraska-based Navigator CO2 Ventures rebutted rumors that it was giving up on the project to pipe carbon dioxide from ethanol plants in South Dakota to holes in...
