North Dakota’s decision not to sue South Dakota over its ban on eminent domain for carbon pipelines has landowners and their allies breathing a sigh of relief.
Last week, North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley suggested South Dakota’s House Bill 1052 — dubbed a “kill shot” to the long-planned, 2,000-mile carbon dioxide transmission line from Iowa to North Dakota that would cross nearly two dozen eastern South Dakota counties — could merit legal action. On Monday, he announced his office would not pursue a lawsuit, despite the restrictions widely seen as fatal to Summit Carbon Solutions’ increasingly mired project.
