The final public meeting on the expansion of the Summit Carbon Solutions carbon capture pipeline expansion project is today (Fri) at noon at the Cobblestone Ballroom in Lakeside.
Farmer Dave Balder plans to attend the meeting in Buena Vista County and opposes the project…
Balder, who lives a mile north of the Valero Renewable Fuels plant in Albert City already granted easements on his property for two natural gas pipelines. He says those pipelines are projects that benefit the public, but the carbon pipeline is not…
Summit Carbon Solutions scheduled public meetings in 23 counties as required by the Iowa Utilities Commission as it seeks to increase its nearly 700-mile carbon capture pipeline by 340 miles. A meeting was held last (Thur) evening in Holstein. Several property owners, lawmakers, and the Sierra Club have filed lawsuits opposing the use of eminent domain to build the pipeline connecting about 60 ethanol plants across five states.
State regulators have already granted Summit approval to build along its original 688-mile route through Iowa, if regulators in neighboring states approve the pipeline’s route outside of Iowa. There are 42 ethanol plants in Iowa, and Summit’s pipeline would collect carbon from 30 of them for underground storage in North Dakota.
(thanks to Iowa Public Radio/Radio Iowa for contributing)
