The program will feature an overview from attorneys and experts on exactly what kinds of protections counties can put in place to protect their land and water from industrial projects like pipelines.
Speakers will include a number of elected county officials who have taken action in their respective states to pass resolutions governing carbon pipelines, along with Bill Caram from the Pipeline Safety Trust, Steven Feit from the Center for International Environmental Law, and attorney Paul Blackburn from Bold.
For his latest blog on the Pipeline Fighters Hub, resident attorney and expert Paul Blackburn looked into why Summit Carbon Solutions' proposed "Midwest Carbon Express" pipeline plans to transport CO2 captured at ethanol plants in Iowa, Nebraska Minnesota, and South Dakota all the way to the middle of North Dakota, where the CO2 would allegedly be permanently stored underground.
What's so special about this particular location in North Dakota?
Does Summit need to go this far into North Dakota to find a geologically suitable sequestration site? Probably not.
It appears that there is substantial suitable sequestration geology at least 100 miles to the southeast of Summit’s proposed sequestration wells. Why build 100 additional miles of expensive pipeline? What’s so special about the border area between Oliver and Mercer Counties? Is there a "bait and switch" happening here?
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