{"id":2403247,"date":"2025-02-16T20:44:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T01:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carbon-capture-companies-are-stealing-your-land-heres-how-to-stop-them\/"},"modified":"2025-02-16T20:48:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T01:48:02","slug":"carbon-capture-companies-are-stealing-your-land-heres-how-to-stop-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carbon-capture-companies-are-stealing-your-land-heres-how-to-stop-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Carbon Capture Companies Are Stealing Your Land: Here&#8217;s How to Stop Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcarbon-capture-companies-are-stealing-your-land-heres-how-to-stop-them%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2403247&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article \u2063discusses the implications of carbon capture and storage (CCS) initiatives in the \u200dUnited States, particularly in relation to private property rights\u2062 and government interventions. As president Trump&#8217;s\u2063 inauguration, attempts\u2062 to bolster the American energy sector while countering climate alarmism have gained momentum. However, climate advocates are \u2062increasingly pursuing their goals\u200d through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/limbaugh-the-tyrannical-lefts-sinister-conspiracy-to-silence-conservatives\/\" title=\"LIMBAUGH: The Tyrannical Left\u2019s Sinister Conspiracy To Silence Conservatives\">private sector means<\/a>, notably through \u2064CCS projects aimed \u2063at achieving net-zero\u200c carbon emissions by 2050.<\/p>\n<p>the author criticizes the current structure\u2063 of the economy, asserting that \u200dit is indeed heavily influenced by large corporatist\u200b interests attempting \u200bto impose environmental agendas. \u2062They argue that CCS projects pose various \u200dthreats, including environmental\u200c degradation, health risks, and increased energy costs, all \u2063while relying on \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-is-a-clear-path-to-victory-for-the-pro-life-movement\/\" title=\"There Is A Clear Path To Victory For The Pro-Life Movement\">significant taxpayer funding<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A central\u200c concern is the use of eminent\u200b domain by CCS companies to acquire land for pipeline\u200d construction.The author highlights that\u200b these companies often claim &#8220;common carrier&#8221; status to justify this power, which allows them to forcibly acquire property if negotiations with landowners fail. Resistance against these efforts is growing, as indicated by \u200dcourt challenges questioning the legitimacy of CCS companies&#8217; claims to eminent \u200ddomain.<\/p>\n<p>The article concludes with a call to action for policymakers\u2063 to protect property rights by limiting the eminent domain authority of CCS companies and reconsidering \u200bfunding for such initiatives, with the underlying assertion that current CCS practices represent a harmful overreach\u2064 that threatens individual liberties.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since his inauguration on Jan. 20, President Trump has wasted no time attempting to restore American energy dominance, economic prosperity, free markets, and individual liberty through a slew of executive actions. Despite this, the climate alarmist movement is far from dead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rather than relying on regulatory actions from the executive branch, climate alarmists are doubling down on acting through the &ldquo;private sector&rdquo; to achieve their ultimate goal of net-zero <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/france-isnt-meeting-its-own-paris-climate-accord-commitments\/\" title=\"France Isn\u2019t Meeting Its Own Paris Climate Accord Commitments\">carbon dioxide emissions<\/a> by 2050. Those efforts, with carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects prominent amongst them, must be quickly curtailed to protect Americans&rsquo; fundamental rights.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some may think that private companies should be free to pursue whatever objectives they want. In a truly free market oriented primarily around small businesses, that is the correct perspective.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unfortunately, as has been clearly indicated by the rise of <a href=\"https:\/\/heartland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023-ESG-ReportvWeb-1-4.27.23.pdf\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/heartland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023-ESG-ReportvWeb-1-4.27.23.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1739820375083000&amp;usg=AOvVaw33AYcC8fFMG3603rs7EVQA\">coercive and liberty-eviscerating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) systems<\/a>&nbsp;and other phenomena, our economy has been far from free.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rather, the U.S. economy has been largely controlled by a cabal of powerful corporatist interests bent on imposing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/president-guyana-levels-interview-host-tries-shame-carbon-emissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their net-zero agenda<\/a> upon the American people.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because the term <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/blackrock-ceo-says-ashamed-role-woke-esg-push-quickly-tries-backtrack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&ldquo;ESG&rdquo;<\/a> is now largely considered tainted by members of this cabal&mdash;thanks to the immense backlash against ESG from conservatives&mdash;the focus is shifting to other endeavors, such as carbon capture and storage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/heartland.org\/publications\/carbon-capture-property-rights-there-is-no-justification-for-using-carbon-capture-and-storage-projects-to-abrogate-property-rights\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/heartland.org\/publications\/carbon-capture-property-rights-there-is-no-justification-for-using-carbon-capture-and-storage-projects-to-abrogate-property-rights\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1739820375083000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1wWRnFUvtNOGu1b5zXCPTJ\">thoroughly described in a new paper<\/a>&nbsp;I authored for The Heartland Institute, CCS projects are rapidly spreading across the country, creating a host of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">significant problems including environmental degradation<\/a>, threats to public health, and rising energy costs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Further, CCS companies receive massive amounts of taxpayer dollars from the federal government through subsidies, grants, tax credits, and other financial incentives, perpetuating yet another public-private partnership that is antithetical to free markets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most significant problem with CCS, however, is that CCS companies are attempting to use eminent domain to steal Americans&rsquo; private land, representing a dire threat to our fundamental property rights.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here is the basic rundown of how CCS works, for the uninitiated. CCS companies operate by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carbon-emissions-expected-to-increase-through-2050-eia-says\/\" title=\"EIA predicts rising ... till 2050.\">capturing carbon dioxide emissions<\/a> at their source, condensing captured CO2 into a liquid-like &ldquo;supercritical&rdquo; state, and then transporting that CO2 to a storage location, typically via pipeline.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the storage site, CO2 is then pumped deep underground, where it is theoretically supposed to remain (but often doesn&rsquo;t)&mdash;thereby saving us all from the &ldquo;threat&rdquo; of planet-destroying carbon dioxide emissions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because this process typically entails transporting captured carbon dioxide across long distances through pipelines, CCS companies require possession of vast tracts of land through which their pipelines will cross. Most of this land is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ceo-largest-us-bank-encourages-government-seize-private-property-advance-climate-initiatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">private property<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CCS companies are often able to successfully negotiate with certain landowners and reach an agreed-upon price for all or a portion of their property. However, not all landowners on a CCS company&rsquo;s pipeline route are willing sellers, at which point CCS companies attempt to use eminent domain to forcibly take their property for &ldquo;just compensation,&rdquo; which is whatever the fair market value of the property is determined to be.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At this point, one might be wondering why a private company would be able to use eminent domain to take their land. That is a good question. Historically, the U.S. and state governments have used eminent domain to take private property for public use&mdash;as provided in the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as well as state constitutions&mdash;in very limited instances.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over time, the use of eminent domain has unfortunately become more frequent and applied for broader purposes. Today, eminent domain authority is often delegated to private companies, but only if they are considered &ldquo;common carriers&rdquo; rather than private, for-profit carriers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common carriers are companies that transport people or commodities for a fee and whose services are open to all members of the public, such as certain transportation, telecommunications, and utility companies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CCS companies argue that they are common carriers and therefore can use eminent domain to take private property. Some states have been sympathetic to this argument.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For instance, Summit Carbon Solutions has already received approval to use eminent domain against private landowners in Iowa, a key milestone in Summit&rsquo;s proposed 2,500-mile pipeline network spanning five states (Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fortunately, the South Dakota Supreme Court presented a roadblock to Summit via its August 2024 ruling, stating in its opinion that Summit had not sufficiently proven its common carrier status under South Dakota law, because sequestered carbon dioxide has no productive use.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unless and until Summit proves that it is a common carrier in lower courts, it will be barred from using eminent domain to take private property within South Dakota.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the key argument against allowing CCS companies to use eminent domain. Sequestered carbon dioxide has no productive use and provides no public benefit. CCS companies are private, for-profit carriers. They are not common carriers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In general, and as the aforementioned paper lays out in more detail, CCS is simply a scam designed to make vast sums of money&mdash;much of it from the federal government&mdash;off a problem that arguably does not exist, while simultaneously stripping Americans of their fundamental rights.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fortunately, there are several actions that states and the federal government can take to stop CCS in its tracks. State policymakers should focus on protecting their constituents&rsquo; property rights by outright barring CCS companies from being able to wield eminent domain authority, and\/or clarifying their common carrier laws to exclude CCS companies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In tandem, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/resolution-filed-democratic-rep-calls-use-actual-weapons-trump-admin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Trump administration<\/a> should cut off the funding hose for CCS projects, while also severing the roots of the climate alarmist agenda more broadly by reconsidering the Environmental Protection Agency&rsquo;s 2009 Endangerment Finding and delisting carbon dioxide as a harmful greenhouse gas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taken together, these solutions will kill CCS in its cradle.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><i><b>The views expressed in this opinion article are those of their author and are not necessarily either d or endorsed by the owners of this website. 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However, the climate alarmist movement remains active. Instead of depending on government regulations, these activists are intensifying their efforts in the private sector to achieve their goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. This includes initiatives like carbon capture and storage (CCS), which need to be curtailed swiftly to safeguard Americans&#8217; fundamental rights. While some argue that private companies should pursue their goals freely in a truly free market focused on small businesses, the reality is that our economy is heavily influenced by powerful corporate interests pushing a net-zero agenda onto the public.<\/p>\n<p>Due to negative perceptions surrounding &#8220;ESG&#8221; (Environmental, Social, and Governance) from conservatives&#8217; backlash against it, attention is now shifting towards CCS projects. As detailed in my recent paper for The Heartland Institute, CCS initiatives are proliferating across the nation and causing significant issues such as environmental harm and increased energy costs. Additionally, these companies receive substantial taxpayer funding through various financial incentives\u2014creating a public-private partnership that contradicts free market principles. A major concern with CCS is its use of eminent domain to acquire private land from Americans without proper justification.<\/p>\n<p>To explain how CCS operates: these companies capture carbon dioxide emissions at their source and convert them into a liquid state for transportation via pipelines to storage sites where they are injected underground\u2014allegedly preventing harmful emissions from affecting the planet. This process requires extensive land access for pipeline routes; much of this land belongs to private owners.<\/p>\n<p>While some landowners may agree on compensation with CCS firms for property use along pipeline routes, others resist selling voluntarily. In such cases, CCS companies resort to eminent domain claims for &#8220;just compensation,&#8221; which reflects fair market value determined by authorities\u2014a controversial practice when applied by private entities.<\/p>\n<p>Historically reserved for government use under limited circumstances as outlined in the Fifth Amendment of the U.S Constitution\u2014and often misused today\u2014eminent domain authority can be granted to certain private firms deemed &#8220;common carriers.&#8221; These include transportation or utility services available publicly.<\/p>\n<p>CCS proponents claim common carrier status allowing them eminent domain rights; some states have accepted this argument\u2014for example Summit Carbon Solutions has gained approval in Iowa for using eminent domain against unwilling property owners as part of its extensive pipeline project spanning multiple states.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately for opponents like us who challenge this notion: South Dakota&#8217;s Supreme Court recently ruled against Summit&#8217;s claim due insufficient evidence proving common carrier status since sequestered CO2 lacks productive utility or public benefit\u2014thus barring them from exercising eminent domain there until proven otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>This highlights why allowing CCS firms access through eminent domain poses risks: they operate primarily as profit-driven entities without providing tangible benefits while infringing upon citizens\u2019 property rights under false pretenses about environmental necessity\u2014a scheme profiting off an arguably non-existent crisis at taxpayers\u2019 expense!<\/p>\n<p>To counteract this trend effectively: state governments must protect citizens\u2019 property rights outright prohibiting any form of eminent-domain authority granted towards these corporations while clarifying laws excluding them entirely! Concurrently federal actions should cease funding support directed toward such projects alongside reevaluating EPA\u2019s stance regarding greenhouse gases including delisting CO2 altogether!<\/p>\n<p>Implementing these strategies will effectively dismantle any momentum behind current efforts surrounding Carbon Capture Storage initiatives!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2403248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Michael-Featured-Image-2025-02-16T165953.602.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6017,32802,41316,50483,50484],"class_list":["post-2403247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-advocacy","tag-carbon-capture","tag-environmental-justice","tag-land-rights","tag-sustainable-practices"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Michael-Featured-Image-2025-02-16T165953.602.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2403247"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2403251,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403247\/revisions\/2403251"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2403248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2403247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2403247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2403247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}