SUMMIT CARBON SOLUTIONS CONTINUES TO BUILD SUPPORT ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA
Securing 70% voluntary easements for the active route, the company is significantly contributing to the projected $6 billion annual economic impact of carbon capture in South Dakota.
AMES, Iowa (June 29, 2023) – Summit Carbon Solutions has reached a major milestone in voluntary easements, signing 70 percent of the route in South Dakota and project wide, while continuing to partner with more landowners every day. These partnerships represent an overwhelming majority of landowners who understand the company’s commitment to protecting the economic viability of key South Dakota industries through providing decarbonization solutions.
“We are proud to work with so many landowners who see the priority we are putting on farmers and their unique needs throughout the lifecycle of the pipeline.” said CEO Lee Blank. “We’re dedicated to favorable easements for landowners across the project, underscoring our mutual goal—a robust agricultural and ethanol industry.”
Summit Carbon Solutions is partnering with 34 Midwest ethanol plants, including eight in South Dakota, investing $800 million investment in South Dakota. The company’s success is because of the understanding it will:
- Enhance the ethanol industry, supporting plant workers, contractors, and farmers who sell their corn.
- Cultivate new markets in the upper Midwest.
- Uplift farmers through fair compensation, respectful land restoration, proper drain tile management and comprehensive indemnification.
These key project milestones come following the recent announcements of additional partners in Iowa and South Dakota, Absolute Energy and NuGen Energy. This project is set to boost the rural economy and strengthen national security and energy stability. South Dakota will play a pivotal role in that.
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About Summit Carbon Solutions:
Summit Carbon Solutions is driving the future of agriculture by expanding economic opportunities for ethanol producers, strengthening the marketplace for Midwest-based farmers, and creating jobs. In developing the largest carbon capture and storage project in the world, the company seeks to connect industrial facilities via strategic infrastructure to store carbon dioxide safely and permanently in the Midwest United States. More information, visit: www.SummitCarbonSolutions.com.
Talk about a completely tone deaf post. Remember when property rights and Republican principals used to be cool to stand for. Now the money just clouds everyone’s judgment. It’s only going to be a matter of time till Kristi thinks it’s her idea to stop the pipeline and the Senate realizes the political winds have shifted.
This country was built on the use of Eminent Domain to establish transportation routes for products and services. It’s been going on for over 200 years.
The Erie Canal comes to mind, a nearly 400 mile route across the state of New York cut through private property. They started it in the early 19th century. I am sure the property owners were not happy.
By the mid 19th century the railroads started cutting across private property. The railroads were privately owned and really tore up the landscape, and the steam locomotives terrorized cattle.
This was followed by Telegraph lines, then the same poles were used for telephone and electric service, all from privately owned companies.( Just last year the electric coop bulldozed through my neighbor’s yard, damaged her fence, destroyed a lot of her landscaping, killed a tree her grandfather planted etc. Too bad.)
But before electric lines, privately owned gas companies laid lines to deliver natural gas for gas lighting; and to operate electrical generators for the people who wanted electric lights.
Privately owned turnpikes were built across private property which travelers had to pay to use. These were common at one time, private groups built them. .
Without eminent domain being used to trample private property rights, we would not have the country we live in today. Compared to interstate highways, railroads, and overhead electric lines, underground pipelines really aren’t much of a disruption. If you don’t want to live near one, get out of the way.
Public information available about this project is woefully inadequate to make a decision about support.
Can somebody authoritative email me on this issue, please?
Sincerely,
John Dale
[email protected]
Anonymous at 1:01 has given us a thorough chronology of the development of eminent domain and how it has morphed in its application from canal building for “the public good” to public utility projects and private sector developments which are hybrids of private sector investment and a supposed “public good”. Now, in South Dakota, we have a private sector company building a pipeline across land held by private citizens utilizing in part a large investment from the Rise Energy Fund which is a subsidiary of the Communist Chinese Government. We are told, this will result in the “public good”. I think we need to know more before we allow this private company with the benevolent support of the State to “partner up” with Uncle Xi supposedly for our benefit. I think it’s a “Bridge too far.”
speaking of bridges, where a narrow places occurred in rivers, where fords were possible, it didnt matter who owned the land, that’s where the bridges were built, and the roads to get to them.
It didnt matter why anybody wanted to cross a river. It didn’t matter if the property owner was not personally interested in crossing to the other side.
Anonymous at 3:52 has given us a good example of private land taken for the “common good or public good”, that is , everyone can benefit from a road or bridge. Its a reach to get from there to a pipeline built for the enrichment of a private corporation with investment from private parties and a “Development Fund” associated with the Communist Chinese Government who will also share in the anticipated profit.
Roads and bridges in many places were privately built and owned and people had to pay to use them. There are still sections of interstate highways where tolls are required.
Railroads are privately owned.
Telegraph and telephone companies are privately owned.
Gas and electric companies are privately owned.
All of these are examples of eminent domain being used by private corporations to cross private property.
If you don’t like it, you can take the money and move.
Thanks for posting this. We now know that you’re a paid shill for Summit Carbon. Nothing you say on this subject needs to be taken seriously anymore, if it ever was.
RJ, this is a Republican blog. The Republicans are always on the side of capitalism.