Local Control
FreeSoil Foundation Property Rights Rally, Waverly, Iowa
The Constitutional Patriots of Bremer County are inviting All Concerned Citizens to this event. Stay Informed with the latest legislative news from Des Moines. Where does HF2104 stand today? Who…
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 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 MoreFork in the Pipeline: When the Gloves Changed, the Land Switched Hands
CONTENT CREATION & ADMIN NOV 12, 2025 For more than a century, rural landowners and oil-and-gas operators built America side-by-side — not always perfectly, but honestly. Trust was currency. Land…
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 MoreFollow the Carbon: When Public Dollars Build Private Corporations
Used in its entirety for informational use only, fair use act. Now You See It, Now You Don’t: America’s Carbon Shell Game being played out as more local landowners and…
Read MoreFederal appeals court denies request for rehearing. from Iowa Capital Dispatch
Iowa disciplinary board reprimands lawyer representing landowners in pipeline suits Plus, federal appeals court denies request for rehearing in Summit case BY: CAMI KOONS – JULY 29, 2025 4:05 PM…
Read MoreFederal appeals court faces backlash after siding with controversial pipeline project: ‘Inconsistent with state law’
By Daniel Gala June 8, 2025 Prompting sharp criticism, a federal court of appeals has sided with a pipeline company over local officials and residents, striking down ordinances aimed at…
Read MoreUnited States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit … No. 23-3758
William Couser; Summit Carbon Solutions, LLC Plaintiffs – Appellees v. Shelby County, Iowa; Shelby County Board of Supervisors; Steve Kenkel, in his official capacity as a Shelby County Supervisor; Charles…
Read MoreRon DeSantis and Other Conservatives Call Out Troubling ‘Green New Deal’ Provision in House Reconciliation Bill
FSF Editor: We may have beaten them back in South Dakota and Iowa, but we are not done. Ron DeSantis and Other Conservatives Call Out Troubling ‘Green New Deal’ Provision…
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