Iowa Landowners, Elected Officials Testify Against Summit CO2 Pipeline at Iowa Utilities Board [VIDEO]

The fourth and fifth weeks of hearings at the Iowa Utilities Board considering Summit Carbon Solutions’ permit application for a proposed hazardous CO2 pipeline featured testimony from impacted landowners facing eminent domain seizure of their land against their will for the proposed project, as well as Iowa elected officials including Rep. Charles Isenhart, Rep. Steven Holt, and Sen. Sandy Salmon; a first responder from the 2020 Satartia CO2 pipeline rupture incident; an Iowa economist; and the CEO of a company that aims to capture CO2 from ethanol plants and convert it into green methanol on-site, instead of build 2,000 miles of pipelines to try to stuff it underground.

Summit’s permit application hearing before the Iowa Utilities Board began on Tuesday, Aug. 22 in Fort Dodge, IA, and Bold Alliance is capturing video of the proceedings. Landowner witnesses are being questioned by landowners’ attorney Brian Jorde (Iowa Easement Team); Wally Taylor (Sierra Club Iowa Chapter); and attorneys for the Iowa Office of Consumer Advocate, Iowa Farm Bureau, and Summit Carbon, along with the IUB Commissioners and several landowner-intervenors. Many landowners are represented by the Iowa Easement Team legal co-op, and attorney Brian Jorde of Domina Law Group, Omaha, NE: https://iaeasement.org.

View all Iowa Utilities Board testimony live here or afterwards on the Bold Nebraska YouTube channel. 

View all Iowa Utilities Board testimony live here or afterwards on the Bold Nebraska YouTube channel.