VIEWPOINT | South Dakotans should reject costly carbon capture schemes

Guest column by Autumn Hanna and Rick Bonander

Autumn Hanna and Rick Bonander

Across the Northern Great Plains, opposition to carbon capture projects is growing — nowhere more so than in South Dakota, where lawmakers recently blocked carbon capture companies from using eminent domain. The backlash to these projects is driven by concerns about the impact on farmers and ranchers, public safety, private property rights and the billions in taxpayer dollars being funneled into unproven technology.

Let’s be clear: oil and gas and ethanol companies want to use public subsidies to bury millions of tons of pollution underground — threatening South Dakota’s land, water and communities. To protect our communities and prevent waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayer funds, South Dakotans should continue to reject carbon capture schemes. We deserve better.

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