Carbon Sequestration Task Force News Today

Laura Belin: Democrats missed a chance to share their vision for fair land use policies and thank progressives who have fought the pipelines.

Recently, Senator Ana Maria Rodriguez (R- Doral) and Representative Lindsay Cross (D- St. Petersburg) filed SB 1258

Polk County farmer: Dont give the three companies permits for their terrible plan to try to sequester a pittance of CO2.

A carbon market webinar will feature presenters from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach on April 12.

Interest in agricultural carbon markets and carbon credit trading has everyone from producers to policymakers asking questions about what lies ahead.

Landowner: Let’s enjoy cleaner air with less CO2, cleaner water, and those beautiful tall grass prairies that were once part of our heritage.

Three proposed pipelines in Iowa would gather carbon dioxide from ethanol plants and sequester it underground. Two engineers weigh in on the impact the projects would have on climate change goals and whether ethanol is the right industry to target for carbon capture.

The Governor’s Carbon Sequestration Task Force and its Agriculture Work Group are considering a proposal to modify the Maximum Return to Nitrogen, which determines how much nitrogen should be applied to Iowa's corn fields. Although one of the reports indicates that the work group is looking to Illinois as an example for nutrient application rates, a recent news article

A new, enormous boondoggle?

744 views BILLS STILL ALIVE Don’t let the long list fool you. While the majority of the bills we’ve been following have either passed both chambers or seem well on their way to doing so, some of the most impactful bills are now dead, and others have been amended into meekness.  The entire category of Utility Reform got emptied out into the dumpster in Senate Commerce and Labor, which also killed Jeff Bourne’s “right to shop” bill that would have opened up the renewable energy market....