Below is the map for Phase 1 of the Summit CO2 pipeline.

Below is the map of the  Wolf Carbon Solutions pipeline route from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Clinton, Iowa, and then onto Decatur, Illinois.   

Navigator Heartland Greenway CO2 project

 We know our strategy works.  We've already stopped the Navigator CO2 pipeline.  Oct. 20, 2023, Navigator cancelled its Heartland Greenway carbon dioxide pipeline project.   See more about the Navigator project and our work.

Resources: Videos, Webinars, and News Articles

• Learn about CO2 Pipeline Risks in this video about Navigator’s plume modeling, December, 2023
• See the webinar "Stories From Satartia", January, 2022
  Link to full recording
  Link to just the Satartia panel
• Watch the Science and Environmental Health Network's webinar to learn more about Carbon Capture & Storage.
• Hear why this landowner in Linn County says no to a voluntary easement.
• What does a CO2 pipeline rupture look like? Watch this.
• See the Governor's answer about legislation to stop eminent domain for private gain, on Iowa Press on February 18, 2022
• See the Market to Market segment on carbon dioxide pipelines, aired the weekend of July 29, 2022, segment on the carbon dioxide pipelines starts at 5:30

Counties intervening at the Iowa Utilities Board - for Summit Phase 1

Counties have a huge stake in the pipelines proceedings before the Utilities Board, including requests for eminent domain over their landowner's properties, issues related to emergency management, restoration of farmland should the pipelines be built, and the right for the pipelines to cross public property.  By intervening, the counties will have a seat at the table during the formal hearings.  You can ask your members of the Board of Supervisors to intervene in the pipeline cases currently before the Utilities Board.

Counties that intervened in the first phase of the Summit pipeline case are:

• Dickinson
• Emmet
• Floyd
• Franklin
• Hardin
• Kossuth
• Shelby
• Woodbury
• Wright

Counties that have requested to intervene or have already intervened in the Wolf pipeline case are:

• Linn

Counties Object to the Pipelines; tell Utilities Board to deny eminent domain - for Summit Phase 1

The Boards of Supervisors from counties across the state are writing letters to the Iowa Utilities Board objecting to the pipeline project and telling the Board to deny the use of eminent domain for the pipeline projects. 

See map of counties that have filed objections.  Below is a list of the counties and a link to what they have filed:

1. Cedar - Wolf, filed August 18, 2022
2. Cerro Gordo - Summit, filed February 25, 2022
3. Clay - Summit, filed February 23, 2022
4. Crawford - Summit, filed January 14, 2022
5. Dickinson - Summit, filed December 28, 2021
6. Emmet - Summit, filed January 7, 2022
7. Floyd, Summit, filed September 27, 2022
8. Franklin - Summit, filed January 7, 2022
9. Fremont - Summit, May 3, 2022
10. Greene, Summit, filed April 13, 2022
11. Hancock - Summit, filed December 27, 2021
12. Hardin - Summit, intervened on behalf of the county - filed May 5, 2022
13. Iowa - Summit, filed December 7, 2021
14. Johnson - Wolf (ADM), filed July 14, 2022
15. Kossuth - Summit - filed December 8, 2021
16. Linn - Summit, filed January 13, 2022, Wolf filed January 13, 2023
17. Lyon - Summit, filed January 14, 2022
18. Mills - Summit, filed May 20, 2022
19. Mitchell - Summit, filed May 29,  2024
20. Montgomery - Summit, filed April 5, 2022
21. O’Brien - Summit, filed December 27
22. Page - Summit, filed May 9, 2022
23. Palo Alto - Summit, filed December 21, 2021
24. Plymouth - Summit, filed January 7, 2022, April 26, 2022
25. Pottawattamie - Summit, filed August 23, 2022
26. Scott - Wolf, filed September 15, 2022
27. Shelby - Summit, filed January 21, 2022
28. Sioux - Summit, filed January 24, 2022
29. Story - Summit, filed December 14, 2021
30. Webster - Summit, filed May 5, 2022
31. Woodbury - Summit, filed January 11, 2022
32. Wright - Summit, filed November 19, 2021, see page 11

Towns and Cities Object to the Pipelines; tell Utilities Board to deny eminent domain - for Summit Phase 1

City Councils from across the state are writing letters to the Iowa Utilities Board objecting to the pipeline project and telling the Board to deny the use of eminent domain for the pipeline projects.  Below is a list of the towns and cities and a link to what they have filed:

1. City of Fairfax, Navigator, filed 12.22.21
2. City of Walford, Navigator, pg 11, filed 12.20.22
3. Mount Vernon, Navigator, pg 47, filed 1.21.22
4. City of Kinglsey, Navigator, filed 2.18.22
5. Marengo, Navigator, pg 32, filed 2.11.22
6. Story City, Navigator, filed 3.16.22
7. Deep River, Navigator, pg 2, filed 3.25.22
8. City of Rockford, Summit & Navigator, pg 5, filed 3.20.22
9. City of Terril, Navigator, pg 6 filed 3.20.22 and Summit, filed 8.30.22
10. Palmer, Navigator, filed 7.22.22
11. City of Fairbank, Navigator, filed 8.25.22
12. City of Oelwein, Navigator, filed 8.30.22
13. City of Manchester, Navigator, filed 9.13.22
14. City of Readlyn, Summit & Navigator, filed 9.20.22
15. City of Independence, Navigator, filed 9.20.22
16. City of Long Grove, Wolf, filed 10.13.22
17. City of Fremont, Navigator, filed 11.14.22
18. City of Eldridge, Wolf, filed 12.9.22
19. City of Donahue,Wolf, filed 1.6.23
20. City of Waverly, Navigator, filed 1.13.22
21. City of Armstrong, Navigator, filed 1.20.23
22. Shell Rock, Navigator, filed 2.14.23
23. Ely, Wolf, filed 3.13.23
24. City of Clarksville, Navigator, filed 4.7.23
25. City of Gruver, Summit & Navigator, filed 4.11.23
26. City of Wallingford, Summit & Navigator, filed 5.2.23
27. City of Dows, Summit, filed 5.4.23
28. City of New Providence, Summit and Navigator, filed 5.12.23
29. City of Dolliver, Navigator, filed 7.5.23
30. City of Sioux City, Summit & Navigator, filed 11.9.23

Meeting with Governor about CO2 pipelines, State Fair, 2024

After a number of attempts of trying to meet with the governor about the carbon dioxide pipelines, Jess Mazour finally had an opportunity.

For over 3 years, Sierra Club Iowa Chapter and impacted landowners have been trying to meet with Governor Kim Reynolds to ask her to protect Iowans and our property rights from the Summit and Wolf carbon pipelines.  And for three years, Reynolds and her staff have ignored our requests.

Even though Governor Reynolds has been hiding from impacted landowners and the carbon pipeline issue, last week we spotted her at the Iowa State Fair!  She was having her picture taken with fair attendees.

Sierra Club Iowa Chapter staff Jess Mazour took up Reynold’s offer to take a picture with.  As she was posing, Jess told her to stop stealing Iowa farm land for Summit’s carbon pipeline scam.  Reynold’s facial expression changed and she quickly responded, “I have nothing to do with the carbon pipelines.”  Mazour reminded the Governor of her two hand-picked appointments to the Iowa Utilities Commission and the purposeful stalling of our eminent domain bill in the Iowa Senate. 

Reynolds' staff quickly ushered Mazour away after her picture was taken.

It is interesting to note that the governor is meeting regularly with Bruce Rastetter, founder of the Summit CO2 pipeline.

Iowa needs a Governor who stands with people over pipelines!

March, 2024, Update: Governor Reynolds Refuses to Meet with Iowans Impacted by the Carbon Pipelines

Des Moines, IA. Governor Kim Reynolds has ignored meeting requests from landowners impacted by the carbon pipelines for over three years - yet she has regular meetings with Summit Carbon Pipeline owner, Bruce Rastetter. 

Iowans should question who Governor Reynolds is loyal to, Bruce Rastetter and other big monied interests or the people of Iowa who she is elected to represent.

Landowners have sent numerous emails, letters and showed up at her office to formally request a meeting ever since the carbon pipeline projects were announced in fall of 2021.  On Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Governor Reynolds Director of Strategic Operations Eric Baker sent an email saying “Jess - Thanks for stopping by the office today to inquire about a meeting.  As requested, I will be in touch by Friday evening with an update.”  To date, Baker has not responded with an update.

Since 2022, a multitude of bills to protect Iowans from the carbon pipelines have been stalled in the Senate Commerce Committee, Chaired by Senator Waylon Brown.  This session, SF2097, a bill strongly supported by Sierra Club and landowners, died before a subcommittee was every scheduled.  The members of the subcommittee were Senator Waylon Brown and Mike Bousselot.

We’ve been told by many legislators Governor Renolds has instructed Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver and Senate Commerce Committee Chair Waylon Brown to ensure carbon pipelines are not brought up at all.

That is why we want to meet with Governor Reynolds - we believe she is doing the work for Bruce Rastetter to ensure his carbon pipeline is rammed through - despite massive opposition from her voters.

While Governor Reynolds refuses to meet with her own voters, she rolls out the red carpet to meet with Bruce Rastetter, owner of Summit Carbon Solutions, quarterly.  Some of the scheduled meetings were canceled due to the pandemic however, Governor Reynolds and Bruce Rastetter found time to meet over lunch and dinner.  We believe it is very likely that Summit Carbon Solutions staff have regular and open communication with the Governor’s Office.  In fact, a series of emails about those regular meetings was filed with the Iowa Utilities Board as a hearing exhibit.

Governor Reynolds appointed two new Iowa Utilities Board members halfway through the process.  We believe these IUB members were appointed for a reason - to continue to do the bidding of Bruce Rastetter.  Some of the first actions the new IUB Board made were fast tracking the hearing so it fell during harvest, denied interventions, hired Summit’s security for the IUB hearing, and complained about how long landowner testimony was taking throughout the hearing.

Iowans are calling on Governor Reynolds to meet with landowners and protect our state from these dangerous carbon pipelines.

Iowa Landowners Request Meeting with Governor Reynolds After Senate Takes No Action On Eminent Domain Bill

Governor Reynolds has the power to protect the landowners - will she use it?

February 16, 2022

Des Moines, IA. Today Iowa landowners impacted by the Summit and Navigator pipelines have formally requested a meeting with Governor Reynolds after the Senate Commerce Committee took no action on the eminent domain bill.

SF 2160 passed out of subcommittee on Tuesday and a Senate Commerce Committee hearing was scheduled for the bill today.  Shortly after the meeting started, Senator Schultz announced that the bill was being pulled from the agenda with no explanation as to why. 

Landowners and other opposition groups say this isn’t over yet.  The bill can still move forward if there is political will.  Governor Reynolds has the power to make sure the bill advances and she has the power to stop the pipelines in their tracks.  “The big question is whether Governor Reynolds will protect us landowners or will she protect the private pipeline companies. That’s why we want to meet with her.  She hasn’t sought out our opinion at all throughout this process.” said Craig Woodward, landowner in Cerro Gordo County.

Earlier this year, Governor Reynolds created the carbon sequestration task force, stacked with pipeline insiders from Summit, Navigator, Valero, ADM, Iowa Utilities Board Chair Geri Huser and others. This sends a strong signal to Iowa landowners that she cares more about these pipeline companies and the big donors associated with them than she does about everyday Iowans who vote for her.

Landowners hope to meet with Governor Reynolds before planting season, before farmers are busy out in the fields.