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Three companies want to capture carbon dioxide from Midwestern ethanol plants, transport it by pipeline and store it underground. Many in the ethanol industry claim it’s essential to the industry’s survival. Environmentalists and even farmers argue the pipelines are a boon for the industry — not a real solution for climate change.

CapCO2 plans to have a pilot project by this summer to test a system that would capture CO2 from ethanol plants, combine it with hydrogen and turn it into green methanol -- a highly-sought renewable fuel.

Legislation is expected soon to curb the Iowa Utilities Boards ability to grant eminent domain for the pipeline projects

WAVERLY, Iowa (KWWL) - It was an anxious summer for Iowa farmers, praying their crops would survive a severe drought in some areas.