Landowners’ Rising Opposition Threatens Key Carbon Pipeline Projects Vital to Biden’s Climate Goals Across Red States.

Landowners’ opposition to pipeline projects is increasing, threatening projects in red farm states across the country. The failure of Navigator CO2 Ventures’ plans to build the Heartland Greenway pipeline could jeopardize a key element of President Joe Biden’s climate agenda: capturing carbon dioxide from industrial plants and piping it to facilities permanently buried. An investigation by E&E News found that landowners have limited recourse to pipeline companies when they break promises to restore their land to its original condition. The report also found that as many as 65,000 miles of carbon pipelines are needed for the country to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Despite these challenges, energy industry leaders argue that adequate protections and processes are in place to handle problems.