We have been talking for over a year about the proposed carbon capture and sequestration pipelines proposed to be built around Iowa. We have heard about the goals these projects have for the environment, and how they hope to be able to turn CO2 into something useful in the future.
These are goals that many agree are noble as we look for ways to deal with CO2 levels. However, there are Iowans out there who are opposed to these pipelines and say that the projects will do more environmental harm than good. A group of these people met Tuesday at the Iowa Utilities Board meeting in Des Moines and raised their concerns over these projects.
Jessica Mazour is with the Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club, and she tells us why they felt it necessary to speak out. She talks about the dangers they see in this kind of system.
Richard McKean is an Emmitt County farmer, and he talks about the damage they could see to the tiling systems in northern parts of the state.
Drew Alexander of Fremont County says his family had eminent domain issues with the Dakota Access Pipeline that left their land scarred years later, and they are afraid of another land seizure this go round.
After the event downtown, we received statements from both Navigator CO2 Ventures and Summit Carbon Solutions. They are two of the backers of the three proposed pipelines.
