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North Dakota lawmakers recently rejected a bill that would have required survey crews to get written consent from landowners.

With thousands of miles of carbon capture pipeline planned across Iowa, the court just weighed in on how companies may work with landowners.

Pipeline company Navigator CO2 Ventures said it will appeal the ruling, arguing it deviated from decisions in similar cases in other states.

District Judge John Sandy denied a pipeline company's request for an injunction that would allow survey crews access to Martin's Koenig's farmland near Sioux Rapids.

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 gives surveyors the right to enter private property is unconstitutional. In his ruling Wednesday, District Judge John Sandy denied a pipeline company's request for an injunction that would allow survey crews access to Martin's Koenig's farmland near Sioux Rapids in northwest Iowa. Sandy says a law giving crews that access violated the state constitution because it doesn't provide just compensation for damages to landowners i...