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SHELBY COUNTY, et al., Petitioners, VS. IOWA UTILITIES COMMISSION, and SUMMIT CARBON SOLUTIONS CORP., Respondents
E-FILED CVCV067849 – 2025 DEC 19 09:00 AM POLK CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT Page 1 of 18 SHELBY COUNTY, et al., Petitioners, VS. IOWA UTILITIES COMMISSION, and SUMMIT CARBON SOLUTIONS…
Read MoreSen Klimesh at the Westside Conservative Mtg and article by the Iowa Capital dispatch: Pipeline issue to be discussed early in 2026 legislative session, GOP leader says
By Robin Opsahl Published: Dec. 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM CST DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) – Senate Majority Leader Mike Klimesh said Wednesday he plans to introduce legislation…
Read MoreThe Greatest Grift of All – Why 45Q May Be the Most Lucrative Government-Backed Transfer in U.S. Energy History
The Greatest Grift of All – Why 45Q May Be the Most Lucrative Government-Backed Transfer in U.S. Energy History CONTENT CREATION & ADMIN DEC 10, 2025 How a carbon pipeline…
Read MoreNorth Dakota court ruling could be another setback for Summit pipeline
Jacob Orledge and Amy Dalrymple North Dakota Monitor A district court judge has sided with a landowner group, finding a North Dakota law related to underground storage of carbon dioxide…
Read MoreSummit Carbon’s Fresh Paint Problem: Same People, Same Playbook, Same Landowners Paying Attention
CONTENT CREATION & ADMIN 11/09/25 There’s a point in every controversial project when the fight stops being about the steel in the ground and becomes about the people in the…
Read MorePipeline Debate Rekindled: Summit Carbon Meeting Draws Sharp Landowner Pushback Across North Iowa
HARDIN COUNTY, Iowa — Summit Carbon Solutions’ recent update meetings drew a packed audience of local residents, farmers, and property-rights advocates who remain deeply divided over the company’s proposed carbon-capture…
Read MoreSenator Sweeney’s comments in a recent mtg in Poweshiek Co. and Senator Jeff Taylor during the Senate debate on the Bousselot Amendment S-3165 to HF 639.
Due to a meeting Sen Annette Sweeney, SD 27, had with constituents in Poweshiek County, we are revisiting Senator Jeff Taylor’s senate floor speech delivered on 12 May 2025. His…
Read MoreEU Carbon Storage Targets Face Major Shortfall, Wood Mackenzie Warns
by Violet George October 24, 2025 Independent analysis reveals regulatory and economic barriers could leave the EU 40% below 2030 underground carbon storage capacity goals. The European Union’s ambitious…
Read MoreIowa at the Crossroads: House File 639, Property Rights Protection, and Eminent Domain Abuse
By Sen Jeff Taylor used with permission After the news broke that twelve Republicans in the Iowa Senate would not vote for budget bills until House File 639 was brought…
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