Straight Up with Matt Smith with Rita Brownlee from Watertown
Shout out to Rita Brownlee on this radio interview with Matt Smith regarding Lee and pipelines.
Ramaswamy swipes ‘GOP establishment’ in Iowa for supporting CO2 pipelines as part of climate ‘hoax’
The GOP hopeful argues the CO2 pipeline negatively impacts Iowa farmers
FIRST ON FOX – Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is taking the “GOP establishment” in Iowa to task, specifically calling out Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds over support of the CO2 pipeline he argues negatively impacts farmers in the Hawkeye State.
In an announcement obtained by Fox News Digital, Ramaswamy teased a policy speech he’s set to give Friday in Des Moines regarding CO2 pipelines being implemented he says as part of the “climate change agenda,” knocking Republicans who are onboard with it.
“The GOP establishment does NOT approve of this message & it’s pathetic I’m the only candidate with the stones to say it,” Ramaswamy’s statement began. “The climate change agenda is a hoax & it’s hurting farmers in Iowa. Here’s how: the U.S. government enacted crony subsidies to reward those who build CO2 pipelines across the Midwest to bury CO2 in the ground in North Dakota (which is senseless for many reasons, including the fact that crops require CO2).”
Congressman Steve King: Combatting Iowa CO2 Pipelines
Former congressman Steve King of Iowa has been on the front lines battling for private-property owners who face an eminent-domain land grab by private companies hoping to capitalize on government subsidies in exchange for installing wasteful carbon-capture pipelines throughout the Corn Belt.
Recently, his state’s three-member Utility Board (IUB), which is weighing whether or not to approve pipeline permits, withdrew its permission for him to testify in the case. King calls it unprecedented and says he will sue.
He also points to the consensus among property owners that the IUB is planning to issue permits for the pipelines despite recent rejections by neighboring states’ public boards. They are likely to do this despite opposition to the pipeline by some three-quarters of Iowans.
More information is available at Free Soil Coalition and at SteveKing.com.
The “Boondoggle” article he references in the interview is here, and the spreadsheet with supporting documentation is here.
Ed Fischbach: Response to Dave Owens, State Chamber of Commerce
Min 7: 30: Ed Fischbach, land owner and farmer from Spink County, gives a response to Dave Owens, the State Chamber of Commerce President, who made comments at the Yankton Chamber of Commerce meeting. At min 13:30, Mr Owens states “the legislature is going to support to preempt/remove the ordinances from the county.” Ed explains that this radical and is removing the local control.
Critics allege CO2 pipelines ‘farm the government’ for climate money while helping oil industry
Plans to capture carbon dioxide emitted by ethanol plants, ship it via pipelines and store it underground are viewed by some as a way to fight climate change.
The process is one way to keep carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, where it acts as a heat-trapping greenhouse gas.
But critics say the process known as carbon capture and sequestration could also aid oil production.
In a process called enhanced oil recovery, CO2 can be injected into aging oil wells to make it less thick, help it flow better, and cause the oil to expand toward wells.
Silvia Secchi, an environmental impacts researcher and professor at the University of Iowa, said oil extraction runs contrary to the goals of carbon sequestration, and to the goals of federal tax credits for sequestration projects. Those credits — up to $85 per metric ton of annual sequestered carbon — are supposed to motivate companies to help mitigate climate change.
“These people farm the government,” Secchi said. “They don’t care about climate change.”
South Dakotans Against Eminent Domain for Private Gain
Whether you’re a property owner, business owner, farmer or otherwise, this issue concerns YOU! Our land is being taken by private entities through eminent domain, for their own private gain. We need you to stand up alongside us.