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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Summit Carbon Solutions has voluntary agreements in hand from scores of landowners as it works to secure a path for the first carbon capture pipeline in the Midwest, but the company is also preparing for a hearing next month to push for the use of eminent domain in Iowa.
The Iowa Senate has killed a House-passed bill written to block carbon capture pipelines by deciding not to consider it before today’s legislative deadline.
The Iowa House has overwhelmingly passed a bill making it more difficult for companies that want to build pipelines for carbon sequestration to obtain the land necessary to do so.
Interest, but also concern, is rising over three pipelines planned for the Midwest to capture carbon from ethanol plants and sequester it, which advocates for the projects say is a crucial step for meeting climate change goals.
New pipelines aimed at capturing carbon from ethanol, fertilizer, and other industrial plants may soon snake across the Midwest as companies look to profit from helping those facilities lower their greenhouse gas emissions.
