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MAY 5, 2023: SPENCER, Iowa (AP) - Opponents of planned liquid carbon dioxide pipelines in the Midwest won a vi...

Opponents of planned liquid carbon dioxide pipelines in the Midwest won a victory when an Iowa judge ruled that a state law that gives surveyors the right to enter private property is unconstitutional.

SPENCER, Iowa (AP) - Opponents of planned liquid carbon dioxide pipelines in the Midwest won a victory when an Iowa judge ruled that a state law that

Iowa state law that allows hazardous liquid pipeline companies access to private land for surveys is unconstitutional because it doesn’t provide compensation for intangible damages suffered by landowners, a district

A judge says the law violates a property owners right to exclude. Pipeline company Navigator C02 Ventures says it will appeal.

In a Clay County case in northwest Iowa, a district judge said the law violated Iowa's constitution because it does not provide for just compensation for certain damages owed to landowners who lose their right to deny entry to their land.

State law that allows hazardous liquid pipeline companies access to private land for surveys is unconstitutional because it doesn’t provide compensation for intangible damages suffered by landowners, a district court

This ruling comes as we await a ruling in a Woodbury County case.

Navigator’s planned pipeline would cut through five states — Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota — and carry carbon dioxide from ethanol and fertilizer processors to a site in Illinois.

A judge in Iowa ruled that a law giving surveyors the right to enter private property is unconstitutional. This ruling favors opponents of a planned liquid carbon dioxide pipeline.