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Sunday, Iowa residents came together for a town hall asking what they can do about three proposed CO2 pipelines. Each one would go through dozens of counties in Iowa.

The House bill would require pipeline companies to obtain 90 percent of the miles along their proposed route through voluntary easements before being granted eminent domain authority.

Pipeline companies would need to secure 90% of the route voluntarily and wait for new federal safety regulations.

Proposed pipeline-related legislation in this session mostly has come from Sen. Jeff Taylor, a Republican from Sioux Center, though none of the bills he has proposed has advanced.

There is some energy in the Legislature to restrict eminent domain for carbon pipelines, but the future of the legislation is unclear.

The letter writer notes Summit Carbon Solutions's proposed carbon capture pipeline allows the Minnesotan ethanol industry to remain one of the strongest in the nation and keep the ethanol industry viable for the foreseeable future.

Summit Carbon Solutions’ main intention is to secure a long-term, stable market for the corn crop in the Midwest by decarbonizing the ethanol and agricultural industries.

North Dakota landowners testified for and against a carbon capture company's use of eminent domain at a legisl...

Public Utilities Commission voted 5-0 to require the most thorough environmental review available under state law for part of the proposed Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline.

The Linn County Board of Supervisors is pausing action on a pipeline regulation effort - after a pipeline developer and anti-pipeline activists alike