South Dakota Lawmakers Sell Out Landowners
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...
House approves third pipeline-regulation bill
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...
Pipeline bill passes Senate but now could be referred
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...
Eminent domain is the latest front in carbon pipeline fight
South Dakota lawmakers debating 10 bills this session. 'The core of the issue is about taking people’s lands.' Some of the most contentious, emotionally charged debates during the 2024 South Dakota legislative session have been about property rights and whether a...
How Politicians are Creating a Powerless Population in Agriculture, w/ Brett Kenzy Podcast Ep. 5
https://youtu.be/7hp_VjkXWVY South Dakota Cattleman and R-Calf President, Brett Kenzy explains how Washington D.C. has handed control of the USDA over to corporate America. We get into how the Government is now able to "partner" with corporations with the goal...