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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Permitting issues at the state level have been a key barrier to carbon pipeline projects. Now a new law in South Dakota has complicated plans for a 2,500-mile pipeline designed to capture CO2 from 57 ethanol plants in five states.
South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden signed a bill into law today that prohibits eminent domain for pipelines carrying carbon dioxide – including the 2,500-mile project proposed by Summit Carbon Solutions.
Key lawmakers are working on a two-pronged approach to help row crop producers who’ve been hit by the downturn in commodity markets. A lot of work remains to be done, but the goal is to attach some kind of ag relief to a one-year farm bill extension in December.
Summit Carbon Solutions cleared a hurdle in its quest to build a five-state, 2,500-mile carbon dioxide carbon pipeline with the North Dakota Public Service Commission’s approval Friday of a 332-mile route through the state.
Ethanol plant operators are heavily funding a campaign to protect a new South Dakota law they believe will ease the construction of a carbon dioxide pipeline across the state.
The latest legal challenge to Summit Carbon Solutions' carbon dioxide pipeline is a case pending before the Iowa Supreme Court on whether the company has the right to conduct surveys on private land.
The Iowa Utilities Commission has issued a permit for the main route of Summit Carbon Solutions’ liquid carbon dioxide pipeline through the state, which the company touted as another step toward building the 2,500-mile project next year.
The South Dakota Supreme Court unanimously sided with landowners Thursday in ruling that CO2 pipeline developer Summit Carbon Solutions has yet to prove it's a common carrier, which limits its ability to do surveys without landowner permission.
Summit Carbon Solutions CEO Lee Blank said the company’s carbon dioxide pipeline is crucial for the future of Midwest agriculture, and that Summit is pushing ahead with trying to win over landowners in Iowa and South Dakota.
