Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties

Meetings to inform landowners about CO2 pipeline

A series of public informational meetings have been scheduled to inform landowners about a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline in Iowa by Summit Carbon Solutions, LLC.

Summit Carbon filed its request for the meeting dates with the Iowa Utilities Board on Aug. 11. The pipeline is proposed to cross 30 Iowa counties, including O'Brien and Clay.

Summit Carbon refers to the proposed carbon capture and storage project in Iowa and four other states as the Midwest Carbon Express. The project proposes to partner with a number of ethanol plants in the five states to capture carbon dioxide emissions and tra...