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Denial, new regs won't end pipeline fight for Summit or South Dakota landowners
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Denial, new regs won't end pipeline fight for Summit or South Dakota landowners

No surrendering for lawmakers, citizen groups, carbon sequestration company

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Summit pipeline’s proposed route. (Summit Carbon Solutions)

Even as state regulators dealt another blow to Summit Carbon Solutions’ plans in South Dakota, work is not finished on both sides of the carbon dioxide transport fight.

On Tuesday, Lincoln County commissioners approved one of the state’s toughest local ordinances regulating carbon pipelines, hours before the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) rejected Summit’s request for more time to make its project viable. The two decisions mark a turning point in a years-long showdown between corporate infrastructure ambitions and local landowner rights.

Summit Carbon Solutions denied more time for South Dakota pipeline project

Summit Carbon Solutions denied more time for South Dakota pipeline project

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