ACTION: Tell Congress: “PIPES Act” MUST Make CO2 Pipeline Spill Dangers Public

via KXNET
Aug. 18, 2022

“…Essentially, central North Dakota will be a dump site for carbon dioxide, and because of this, many are worried about this project. “This is a private property rights issue and that’s why all these landowners are here and mainly it’s because a private company wants to essentially use eminent domain to take private property owners’ land in order to instruct an interstate pipeline,” said Scott Skokos.

That is the Dakota Resource Council Executive Director, Scott Skokos, who is helping landowners in our state know their rights when a pipeline goes under their land.”

via AgWeek
August 17, 2022

“…A packed audience of farmers applauded loudest after the measured but concerned comments from Jay Poindexter, a cattleman and farmer from from Ree Heights, South Dakota. The Farm Bureau added Poindexter to the program after landowners had expressed concerns that opposition to the pipeline was being excluded… “They should be working on finding willing sellers, not resigning sellers,” he said.

by Mike Moen, Kiowa County Press
Aug. 11, 2022

“Next week, North Dakota landowners will get a chance to hear updates on a proposed underground pipeline for transporting and sequestering carbon dioxide. The meeting comes as tension builds between landowners and the company behind the project. Dakota Resource Council is hosting next Tuesday's meeting, and said it wants affected property owners to learn about the latest efforts by Summit Carbon Solutions to secure land for its multistate pipeline.”

via Bismarck Tribune
by the Editorial Board, 5/14/22

“The burden should be on Summit to reach agreements with landowners. If the company fails to negotiate agreements, it shouldn’t try to force them on landowners,” the Bismarck Tribune Editorial Board writes.

via AgWeek
Jeff Beach, 4/5/22

“An organizational meeting for landowners in the path of a planned carbon capture pipeline is set for Thursday, April 7 in Casselton,” AgWeek reports. “The Dakota Resource Council is organizing the meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 702 First St. N. in Casselton…

Joining the meeting by Zoom will be Brian Jorde, an attorney with Domina Law in Nebraska, a firm that represents landowners concerned about the controversial pipeline and the potential use of eminent domain to obtain right-of-way.”

via Redfield Press
By Adam Willis, 12/4/21

”In the February 2nd landowner meeting in Redfield, local farmers and ranchers discussed their concerns with the project. “We have a lot of concerns on this project. We worry about the safety. With the video that we have shown, there are a lot of things that could potentially happen. We are a little tired. Seems like a lot of our rights are going to be taken away. They just want us to sit out here and pay taxes on it. We have a lot of concern for the future. What are our kids going to have left? What are our grandkids going to have left?”

via Iowa Public Radio
By Kendall Crawford
February 24, 2022

“Iowa landowners are uniting to defend themselves against the use of eminent domain. The newly formed Iowa Easement Team wants to stop Summit Carbon Solutions and Navigator CO2 Ventures from using eminent domain to build pipelines throughout Iowa. Hundreds of farmers in the path of the recently proposed carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) pipelines have jointly hired the Omaha-based Domina Law to lead their legal effort.”

via Dickinson Press
Adam Willis, 12/4/21

“The Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions' proposed Midwest Carbon Express pipeline would be the world's largest carbon capture system, coalescing emissions from ethanol plants around the region and shipping it to North Dakota for permanent storage. But as the project picks up steam, it has prompted concern among landowners and environmental groups.”