Katarina Sostaric
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Iowa Public Radio
Twelve Iowa Republican state senators are trying to force a vote on a bill to restrict carbon capture pipelines and add protections for landowners facing the use of eminent domain by refusing to vote for bills funding state government.
Madeleine Charis King
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Iowa Public Radio
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The environmental impact of traditional burial techniques and the growing field of green burial options -
The CEO of Navigator CO2 Ventures announced Friday that the company will abandon the project, citing "unpredictable" regulatory and government processes, especially in Iowa and South Dakota. -
Proposed projects would add more than 3,000 miles of new carbon pipelines through rural parts of the Midwest. Some emergency officials are concerned about safety, especially after a rupture on a similar pipeline three years ago.
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Our response to climate change is increasingly polarized. -
Discussing stories and headlines from the week, including the GOP debate, hearings on a carbon pipeline and more.
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In an effort to reach zero carbon emissions by 2050, the Biden administration is offering more tax credits for carbon capture sequestration and utilization. The program once expected to cost $3.2 billion now could exceed $100 billion.
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former president Donald Trump visited Iowa this week on the 2024 presidential campaign trail.
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Federal pipeline regulators held meetings in Des Moines to hear safety concerns from industry experts and opponents of proposed carbon sequestration pipelines. -
Three companies are proposing pipelines across the Midwest that would carry carbon dioxide captured from ethanol plants to underground sequestration sites. The plan is to inject the CO2 deep into rock formations under Illinois and North Dakota, but some landowners are pushing back.
