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Major Navigator CO2 pipeline project is on hold while the company reevaluates the route in 5 states

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9 months ago

October 10, 2023

Major Navigator CO2 pipeline project is on hold while the company reevaluates the route in 5 states

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Navigator CO2 Ventures announced Tuesday that it is putting on hold one of the two biggest proposed carbon dioxide pipeline projects in the Midwest so it can reassess the project.

The company withdrew its application for a key permit in Illinois and said it was putting all its permit applications on hold. The decision comes after South Dakota regulators last month denied a permit.

The proposed 1,300-mile project would carry planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions from more than 20 industrial plants across South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and Illinois. The Illinois permit is crucial because that’s where the company planned to store the carbon dioxide underground.

“As is consistent with our recent filings in neighboring jurisdictions, Navigator will be taking time to reassess the route and application,” the company said in a statement.

Navigator said it is not abandoning the project. It plans to reapply for permits where appropriate after completing its evaluation.

Opponents cheered the news that the project is being put on hold, and promised to keep fighting when the company reapplies. Opponents had organized landowners who were concerned about the project.

“When you organize the families most at-risk of eminent domain, you can stop a pipeline,” said Jane Kleeb with the Nebraska-based Bold Alliance that also fought against the ill-fated Keystone XL oil pipeline. “This is a core lesson we have learned over the years, as pipeline corporations try to bully hard-working Americans into giving up their land for corporate greed.”

Proposed pipelines in the region would use carbon capture technology that supporters believe would combat climate change. Opponents question its effectiveness at scale and the need for potentially huge investments over cheaper renewable energy sources. New federal tax incentives and billions of dollars from Congress toward carbon capture efforts have made such projects lucrative.

Summit Carbon Solutions is behind the biggest proposed carbon dioxide pipeline in the area. It is pressing forward with its plans despite regulatory setbacks in the Dakotas. North Dakota agreed to reconsider its denial of a permit for the $5.5 billion, 2,000-mile (3,220-kilometer) pipeline that would cross five states, and Summit is reapplying in South Dakota. A separate hearing on that project in Iowa started in August. And Minnesota regulators plan to conduct a detailed environmental review of the project.

The Summit pipeline would carry carbon dioxide emissions from more than 30 ethanol plants in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. The emissions would be buried in North Dakota.

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North Dakota city’s mayoral race remains tied after recount

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2 hours ago

July 2, 2024

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North Dakota city’s mayoral race remains tied after recount

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – A recount was held July 1st to determine the mayor of the City of Dazey.

Barnes County Auditor Julie Mindt said the results remain unchanged with Daryl Kunze receiving 19 votes and Shawn McClintock receiving 19 votes. The contest remains tied and now goes before the City of Dazey Board of Commissioners to resolve the tie.

The population of Dazey was 78 as of the 2020 census.

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North Dakota's economy lags

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9 hours ago

July 1, 2024

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For the fourth straight month, North Dakota’s economy slowed.

Dr. Ernie Goss is an economics professor at Creighton University, and he conducts a monthly survey of manufacturing supply managers in the Mid-America Region. He says North Dakota’s reading on the business conditions index for the month of June was 45.5, which is up from May’s 40.2 – but still below a reading of 50, indicating a shrinking economy. Goss says a number of things contribute to this; he says North Dakota’s energy and agriculture industries are both slowing down. He says exports are also down – 16 percent last month as compared to the same time last year.

Despite the challenges, Goss says there are some overall positive aspects to the economic outlook.

“Well, the good news is ultimately, they’ve got to have our food, they’ve got to have our energy, and we are the most productive on the face of the earth. We will do well in the long run; this is just a tough spell we’ve got right now. USDA projected this farm income would be down for 2024, we’re seeing that spilling over into the manufacturing – for example, agricultural equipment manufacturing, not doing well, and of course we see that in John Deere and other manufacturers of agricultural equipment.”

Goss also says inflationary pressures have also slowed, and he predicts the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates at their next meeting in September.

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Two juveniles injured in rollover near Valley City, ND

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16 hours ago

July 1, 2024

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Two juveniles injured in rollover near Valley City, ND

VALLEY CITY, N.D. — Two juveniles were injured in a single-vehicle rollover Sunday evening, June 30, about 5 miles southeast of Valley City, according to the North Dakota Highway Patrol.

The patrol said a 13-year-old Valley City boy was driving a 2011 Chevrolet Equinox west on 36th Street Southeast at about 6:20 p.m. Sunday with a 14-year-old Valley City boy as a passenger. The patrol said the Equinox failed to slow down for a T intersection at 121st Avenue Southeast and went through the intersection, entered the ditch and rolled. The Equinox came to rest in a wheat field southwest of the intersection, the patrol said.

Both juveniles were transported by private party to CHI Mercy Health in Valley City where they were treated for their non-life-threatening injuries.

Charges are being investigated for the 13-year-old driver who was not wearing a seat belt, the patrol said. The passenger was wearing a seat belt.

The patrol said the names of the juveniles will not be released.

The patrol is investigating the crash.

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