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

Link to join Virtual Meeting at 7pm CT / 6pm MT: https://bit.ly/tallgrasspipeline -or-
Call in to participate: 312-626-6799 (Webinar ID: 831 5904 0351)

Download the Nebraska Landowner and County Leader Guide to Carbon Pipeline Risks (Updated: July 2023)

NEAT organizers Shelli Meyer and Tom Genung, along with Jane Kleeb of Bold Nebraska, have been attending county meetings to share sample pipeline ordinances and information on what counties can do to regulate carbon pipelines. We would love for you to join us at these upcoming county board meetings, to voice your own concerns to elected officials.

via Lincoln Journal Star
Dec. 6, 2022

“…The notion that the private company could use eminent domain to seize land in order to complete its route has generated opposition in Nebraska and elsewhere, however. About 60 landowners have signed up with the Nebraska Easement Action Team, which describes itself as a kind of legal co-op, to provide advice on property rights, or assistance in securing better terms on any right-of-way acquisition deals. More have signed up to be on an email list with updates, organizers said.

Similar legal co-ops set up to allow landowners to pool their resources have been formed in Iowa and South Dakota — where landowners have sued the carbon pipeline companies to stop them from surveying property — with hundreds of individuals having joined to date.”

via Dakota News Now
by Beth Warden
7/21/22

“…In Iowa, a resident submitted her research findings to the Iowa public utility board, claiming ownership connections to SKE&S, which she says is also SK holdings, a company fined over 70 million dollars for defrauding US military contracts. Attorney Brian Jorde with Domina Law Group represents South Dakota Landowners and has reviewed the documents. “The South Korean entity has taken a 10% ownership in Summit carbon solutions. Is this who you want, owning operating a pipeline through your state?” said Jorde.

Thanks to all who attended our recent round of NEAT landowner meetings! In this post you’ll find all the documents and information that we provided to landowners at those meetings, and details on upcoming dial-in and virtual meetings.

via KMTV
By Isabella Basco, 3/25/22

Summit Carbon Solutions is proposing to build a carbon dioxide pipeline dubbed "The Midwest Carbon Express" that would connect more than 30 ethanol plants in five Midwestern states: North and South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska, spanning more than 2000 miles. The pipeline would run through Iowa for more than 680 miles.

Attorney Brian Jorde is representing landowners opposed to the Summit pipeline.

"The problem is, the use of eminent domain, to take the land of farmers, homeowners so that they can make private profits off this project," Jorde said.

via Wayne Daily News
By Aaron Scheffler, 3/1/22

“Members of the public had several questions for a project manager with Summit Carbon Solutions on a future CO2 pipeline going through nearly 22 miles of Wayne County,” the Wayne Daily News reports. “Concerns from the public who attended the meeting were road modifications, type of pipe, how much CO2 will be produced from this project, abandonment plan, the Ponca Fault line, exploration to enhance oil recovery, disaster preparedness and more.”

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.”

The Nebraska Easement Action Team (N.E.A.T.) and Bold Nebraska are hosting another round of landowner meetings, to share information and hear landowners' concerns about eminent domain and proposed carbon pipeline projects. Meetings will be held in Wayne, Columbus, Norfolk and Grand Island, kicking off with another virtual meeting for landowners on Thursday, Feb. 24, which you can dial-in by phone to participate, or login on your computer via Zoom.

via Nebraska Examiner
BY: PAUL HAMMEL - FEBRUARY 8, 2022 4:45 AM

A Mississippi pipeline burst, causing people to act like ‘zombies’