Inside Climate News just published What’s Next for Summit’s Carbon ‘Pipeline to Nowhere’?.
Inside Climate News reports that the Iowa Utilities Commission is moving toward hearings on phase two of Summit Carbon Solutions’ proposed CO2 pipeline, which would add hundreds of miles of new line to a project already facing significant legal obstacles. Summit’s original plan was to gather carbon dioxide from ethanol plants across the Corn Belt and transport it to North Dakota for underground sequestration. The project has faced permit denials, route disputes, and pushback from landowners in multiple states. The article looks at where the expansion proposal stands and what the regulatory path forward could look like.
Our take (Heads-up): The framing as a pipeline to nowhere captures the core problem: expansion hearings are proceeding while the underlying route and permits remain unresolved in neighboring states. Worth watching whether Iowa regulators treat phase two on its own merits or condition approval on the project’s viability elsewhere. Landowner eminent domain questions are still the pressure point.
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Source: Inside Climate News