South Dakota voters will get a chance to crush carbon capture
The Summit “carbon capture” pipeline, which has proposed tentacles that extend to Minnesota, is facing a new headwind. I’ve written about the carbon capture scam previously, here. And here’s a recent article with plenty about the righteous opposition to the project.
After years spent trying to gain regulatory approval for a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline intended to snake through the Midwest, the effort could be complicated even further if South Dakota voters reject a law passed by the Legislature that pipeline opponents say is an attempt to squelch local control and speed approval of the pipeline.
State officials (last) week validated the referendum for the Nov. 5 general election, enabling voters to decide whether to reject a package of regulations approved by the Legislature earlier this year. Pipeline opponents argue the regulations would strip county officials of the ability to pass stringent rules that can all but ban such pipelines, while legislative leaders say they intended to add requirements to help landowners even as they limited the role of county governments.
(Associated Press)
From a search just now, South Dakota politicians, including the bubblehead governor Kristi Noem, haven’t had anything to say about this for public consumption, so far. Noem and others have been big supporters, but maybe they realize the politics of it are getting treacherous. We’ll see.
It’s also worth noting that even if South Dakota ends up rejecting the proposal in that state, Summit could still look to continue the project in the other four, including Minnesota. Which makes this something to especially keep an eye on, here.
Comment from Mike: A YouTuber named Thunderf00t (Dr. Phil Mason) has shown that most carbon capture ideas actually produce more carbon than they capture, and are very expensive.
The main goal behind corporate carbon capture projects is to produce propaganda about them being environmentally friendly, and to collect cash from government incentives. While the world burns.
Comment from Joseph Musich: In the same ridiculous ball park as this old failure…
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