~by Victoria Riley, GreeneCountyNewsOnline “A partial victory for landowners” is how Greene County attorney Thomas Laehn characterized the approval of HF 639 by the Iowa Senate Monday night. Laehn has vocally opposed using eminent domain to acquire land for a liquified carbon dioxide pipeline. Laehn drafted a pair of bills relating to the pipeline proposed by Summit Carbon Solutions to…
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Senate passes bill restricting eminent domain for carbon pipelines
by Cami Koons, Iowa Capital DispatchMay 13, 2025 Iowa senators voted 27-22 late Monday to pass a bill to limit the ability of carbon sequestration pipelines to use eminent domain, sending it to the governor’s desk after a drawn-out debate. The decision follows four years of Iowans and House lawmakers urging for eminent domain reform in response to the proposed…
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