Summit Carbon Solutions channels the spirit of Nancy Pelosi’s “we have to pass it to know what in it” when asked to model what the ramifications will be once CO2 is put in the ground.

The Importance Of Using Primary Source Journalistic Tactics On Issues Like The CO2 Pipeline

As I have written about the Summit Carbon Solutions CO2 pipeline project in the last couple years, I have been very careful about sticking to sources of information that can I can point to as a relatively reliable source. Most of the time this means citing and linking to either primary source legal documents or media coverage and analysis of primary source documentation.

This is why I have stuck to the philosophical property rights issues and political impact angle primarily when going beyond reporting the black and white filings submitted to courts, such as the Energy Transfer Partners DAPL filing a couple weeks ago where DAPL is declaring the courts that Summit is not operating by industry standards from their perspective:

Because of this, I have limited my statements on the science and engineering side of the project as making claims in that area can cross the line into risking defamatory statements being made. Philosophical and political opinions are fair game when it comes to being completely protected by the 1st Amendment.

Summit Using Aggressive Legal Tactics Against Media Figures Critical Of Project

To illustrate why it is importance of this journalistic approach, in the past few weeks, other media personalities and activists have been getting pressure from the lawyers representing Summit demanding they cease and desist making certain statements about the project and the science.

For example: well known syndicated radio personality Trent Loos received just such a threatening letter:

 

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