Regulators approve North Dakota section of planned 5-state Midwest carbon dioxide pipeline

Associated Press

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Utility regulators in North Dakota have approved part of a carbon dioxide pipeline that would span five Midwestern states. Friday’s decision by the state’s Public Service Commission is a key victory for Summit Carbon Solutions, a company that has faced vociferous landowner objections and various setbacks in its plans. The company’s proposed $8 billion, 2,500-mile pipeline system would carry tons of planet-warming CO2 emissions for storage deep underground in North Dakota. The gas would come from 57 ethanol plants in the Dakotas, Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa. Construction has not begun anywhere along Summit’s proposed route.