Mar 13, 2024 | Actions
Shortly before voting, a committee “rebranded” the bill using archaic marketing tactics, naming it the “Landowner Bill of Rights”.
The bills pave the way for Summit Carbon Solutions, an Iowa-based company seeking to construct roughly 500 miles of carbon capture pipeline through 18 counties in eastern South Dakota, to move ahead with their project.
The main issue with the language “Landowner Bill of Rights” and narrative it is setting up is that it opens a path for landowners to be considered activists of domestic terrorists to the state.
Currently there are landowners being denied insurance quotes and coverage due to the potential of a carbon pipeline being put in their property. In North of Dakota, landowners who are asking for more transparency and civility, are already being labeled “activists” by the state.
Mar 6, 2024 | Actions
Supporters say bills protect farmers; opponents say they protect company
Years of debate about a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline came to a head Wednesday at the state Capitol as lawmakers passed three bills intended to strengthen landowner protections while maintaining a regulatory path forward for the project.
The bills passed the state House of Representatives and Senate and now head to the governor’s desk for final consideration.
Governor Kristi Noem issued a statement saying she plans to sign the bills to “provide new protections for landowners and allow for economic growth to move forward through a transparent process.”
Rep. Jon Hansen, R-Dell Rapids, who voted against all three bills, said lawmakers should do more to protect landowners. He pointed to Democratic-dominated Minnesota, where he said carbon sequestration pipelines can’t use eminent domain to access land.
Mar 5, 2024 | Actions
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South Dakota Cattle Rancher, Journalist and Agriculture Spokesperson, Amanda Radke joins Jim to go over the current battle happening in South Dakota. She talks about the carbon pipeline plans, how they started, and the current bill that is being pushed to take power out of local governments hands and hand it to the corporate controled state government, so they can force landowners to accept the pipeline on their land. She talks about how they got to that point and what it will mean for the rest of the country if South Dakota state legislature and Governor Kristi Noem fold to the corporate pressure.
Mar 2, 2024 | Actions
For awhile, it looked like South Dakota’s grassroots landowner coalition was going to defeat foreign- and U.S. government-backed carbon-capture pipeline companies. But over the last couple of weeks, things have taken a turn for the worse in the Legislature. South Dakota landowner Ed Fischbach joins us to discuss how SB 201, which is speedily heading toward the governor’s desk, will violate property rights and clear the way for these boondoggles.
Also in this episode:
@ 6:10 | Why do landowners oppose carbon-capture pipelines?
@ 11:50 | Are South Dakota legislators — including the governor — being bought off by the carbon-capture pipeline companies?
Feb 28, 2024 | Actions
This story has been corrected to reflect that Summit doesn’t plan to use the CO2 for fracking and plans instead for the CO2 to “be permanently stored in an area of North Dakota where no enhanced oil recovery operations occur.” Reporter Bob Mercer apologizes for the error.
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — What happens on carbon dioxide pipelines is now up to the South Dakota Senate.
The state House of Representatives on Wednesday approved SB201 on a 40-30 vote. It could give CO2 carriers more certainty while requiring them to pay counties where their lines run.
Feb 24, 2024 | Actions
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — Senate Republican leader Casey Crabtree wanted a compromise package of CO2 pipeline regulations to become state law, but without running the risk of facing South Dakota voters.
On Wednesday, in front of a packed Senate gallery, he fell one yes short.
The Senate still passed SB201, but it’s now without the emergency clause that would have prevented any referral attempt.
