Landowner Attorney Brian Jorde Navigator PUC Recap Wed Morning July 26
Landowner Attorney Brian Jorde Navigator PUC Recap Wed Morning July 26
State Rep. Jon Hansen talks carbon sequestration pipelines with KWAT News (Audio)
WATERTOWN, S.D.–Hearings are now underway before the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission on the first of two carbon capture pipelines proposed for the state.
Hearings on the Navigator Heartland Greenway pipeline began this morning at the Casey Tibbs Rodeo Center in Fort Pierre.
A hearing on the proposed Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline will be held in September.
Today, KWAT News Director Mike Tanner talked with Republican State Representative Jon Hansen of Dell Rapids about the pipelines, and his opposition to them.
Doyle Turner: Real Benefits of Carbon Capture without the Pipelines
Doyle Turner is an Iowan who says carbon capture pipelines are not necessary. He owns two companies dedicated to using captured carbon dioxide to create fuel and/or benefit industry in his home state. He spoke at the July rally “The Midwestern Coalition to Protect Private Property Rights and Expose the Hazardous CO2 Pipeline & Corruption,” where he explained why pipelines will rob the state of a valuable commodity.
SD State Rep. Julie Auch: Defending Property Rights
Legislators from surrounding states attended and spoke at the July rally in Fort Dodge, Iowa: “The Midwestern Coalition to Protect Private Property Rights and Expose the Hazardous CO2 Pipeline & Corruption.” One of these was Julie Auch, who said that 20 legislators in her state of South Dakota, including herself, are standing up to the corporate take-over of private farmland.
John Mills Discusses Eminent Domain and Shared the Dangers of the CO2 Pipeline
“In my life I can’t remember anything that I would consider as foolish as this particular government initiative.” – John Mills