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North Dakota Regulators OK Underground Storage for Proposed Midwest Carbon Dioxide Pipeline

December 12, 2024

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Summit Carbon Solutions plans to build a 2,500-mile network of CO2 pipelines across the Midwest to capture carbon produced by ethanol plants and then sequester it underground in North Dakota. (Courtesy of Summit Carbon Solutions)BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota regulators approved permits Thursday for underground storage of carbon dioxide delivered through a sprawling pipeline proposed for the Midwest, marking…

Summit CO2 injection wells up for approval but court appeal already in the works

December 10, 2024

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Attorney Derrick Braaten asks a question June 11, 2024, in Bismarck during a hearing on the Summit Carbon Solutions project. Braaten also represents landowners in a lawsuit that challenges state laws related to carbon dioxide storage. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMACK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota is poised to allow millions of tons of carbon dioxide to…

North Dakota approves Summit carbon pipeline route

November 15, 2024

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Public Service Commissioners, from left, Sheri Haugen-Hoffart, Randy Christmann and Administrative Law Judge Tim Dawson meet Nov. 15, 2024, on the Summit Carbon Solutions Pipeline. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota regulators on Friday approved a route permit for the Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline, a significant win for what the company says is the world’s…

North Dakota couple plans to ‘dig in’ if Summit pipeline is approved

November 15, 2024

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Jessica and James Tiegs of Ellendale, North Dakota, look through a folder of information they have compiled on carbon capture pipelines on Nov. 12, 2024. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)ELLENDALE, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — James and Jessica Tiegs are among the holdout landowners who have refused to sign on to the controversial Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline project to take carbon…

Gas flares contribute to 2 western North Dakota wildfires, reports say

November 14, 2024

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Fire investigators evaluated the scene on Oct. 9, 2024, of a fire that occurred Oct. 5, 2024, near New Town. (Provided by Office of the State Fire Marshal)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Heat from natural gas flares combined with high winds and dry vegetation caused two of the October wildfires in western North Dakota, according to the state fire…

Summit carbon pipeline decision coming Friday from North Dakota PSC

November 14, 2024

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A truck delivers corn to the Tharaldson Ethanol plant near Casselton, North Dakota, on May 15, 2024. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota Public Service Commission will meet Friday to vote on the Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline project that aims to permanently store carbon emissions underground west of Bismarck. The commission will meet at…

Summit pipeline decision in Minnesota could come Dec. 12

November 11, 2024

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Summit Carbon Solutions plans to build a 2,500-mile network of CO2 pipelines across the Midwest to capture carbon produced by ethanol plants and then sequester it underground in North Dakota. (Courtesy of Summit Carbon Solutions)FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (Jeff Beach – North Dakota Monitor) An administrative law judge report recommends that Minnesota approve a small segment of the massive Summit Carbon…

North Dakota landowners bring challenge of CO2 storage law to state Supreme Court

October 24, 2024

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Attorney Derrick Braaten asks a question June 11, 2024, in Bismarck during a hearing on the Summit Carbon Solutions project. Braaten also represents landowners in a lawsuit that challenges state laws related to carbon dioxide storage that is being appealed to the state Supreme Court. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (Amy Dalrymple – North Dakota Monitor) The North…

Democrat House candidate questions ties to Summit; Republican says claims are bogus

October 18, 2024

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Republican U.S. House candidate Julie Fedorchak, left, and Democratic-NPL Party candidate Trygve Hammer. (Contributed)BISMARCK, N.D. (Amy Dalrymple – North Dakota Monitor) — Republican U.S. House candidate Julie Fedorchak continues to face questions from her opponent about her family’s connection to a controversial carbon dioxide pipeline project, as well as criticism about accepting campaign donations from the industry she regulates. Democrat…

North Dakota regulators inch closer to Summit pipeline decision

October 8, 2024

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Administrative Law Judge Hope Hogan, left, and Public Service Commissioner Sheri Haugen-Hoffart conduct a hearing April 22, 2024, in Mandan on the Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)(Jeff Beach – North Dakota Monitor) A North Dakota state agency on Monday moved closer to making a decision on what developers are calling the world’s largest carbon capture…