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Iowa Capital – 1/29/26 Senate Commerce Subcommittee for SF2067
1/29/26 Senate Commerce Subcommittee SF2067 Senator Bousselot, chair Senator Klimesh Senator Peterson Sen Bousselot …of eminent domain. Senator Klimesh, do you have any opening remarks? Sen Klimesh Not at this…
Read MoreIowa Capital – 1/28/26 Commerce Committee debate on HF2104 – Transcript!
Thank you Jan Norris 28 Jan 2026 Senate Commerce Committee. 1/28/26 Commerce Committee Amendment vote (0:08) Senator Klimesh: Chairman, House File 2104 is a bill for an accoladed exercise of…
Read MoreReader Response: Does Gevo Receive 45Q and Carbon Credits?
All credit goes to ESG University for keeping us informed. Reader Response: Does Gevo Receive 45Q and Carbon Credits? CONTENT CREATION & ADMIN JAN 25, 2026 Yesterday, This Week In…
Read MoreLandowners Flood Capitol, Rallying Against Eminent Domain for CO₂ Pipelines as New Bill Advances
Landowners Flood Capitol, Rallying Against Eminent Domain for CO₂ Pipelines as New Bill Advances Barbara Lein Jan 14, 2026 DES MOINES — In a packed rotunda and crowded committee room…
Read MoreKathy Stockdale Letter to the editor, Times Citizen, Iowa Falls
TWO BILLS Last year the Iowa legislature passed HF 639 concerning C02 pipelines, only to have it vetoed by Governor Reynolds. Governor Reynold’s stated she thought the bill was too…
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 MoreStopping The Climate-Change Carbon-Capture Idiocy Is A Conservative Cause Worth Fighting For
July 15th, 2025 T-Emile Zola Amid the tax-and-spending chaos of this past legislative session in Louisiana, one of the most important—and underreported—fights in Louisiana was the battle for your property…
Read MoreIowa counties support Shelby and Story county suit against Summit pipeline
FSF Update Dec. 1, 2025: As of 9:00 am 57 Iowa counties have voted to join the amicus brief. County association submits brief in support of U.S. Supreme Court review…
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 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…
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