Iowa veto a win for carbon pipeline, but Thune says federal override unlikely

Gov. Kim Reynold's won't strip eminent domain powers from Summit Carbon Solutions; South Dakota landowner rights advocates confident states will maintain regulatory authority

There’s good news and bad news for both sides of the ongoing battle over eminent domain and carbon sequestration pipelines.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’s veto of a bill aimed at blocking the use of eminent domain for carbon pipelines is being celebrated as a win for Summit Carbon Solution, while the Iowa-based carbon pipeline company’s staunchest adversaries in South Dakota say they’re unfazed by the development.

That's because, despite the decision by the Iowa governor on Wednesday being a blow to landowner rights advocates on both sides of the state line, leading voices in the anti-eminent domain movement here say they've been reassured by the country's most powerful federal lawmaker that Congress isn't likely to strip South Dakota of its authority over carbon pipelines.

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