Ames-based Summit gets a carbon capture pipeline permit in North Dakota and has one from Iowa. It still needs permits from South Dakota and Minnesota.

North Dakota regulators on Friday approved a route permit for the Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline, a significant win for what the company says is the world’s largest carbon capture project. The three-person Public Service Commission voted unanimously to approve the pipeline permit.

James and Jessica Tiegs are among the holdout landowners who have refused to sign on to the controversial Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline project to take carbon emissions from ethanol plants and store it underground in North Dakota.

North Dakota will decide Friday on whether to grant a permit for construction of a pipeline Summit plans to use to sequester C02 emissions there

Summit Carbon Solutions has received a Route Permit from the North Dakota Public Service Commission for its CO2 pipeline project, marking a significant mileston

Project supporters say the Summit Carbon Solutions' carbon dioxide pipeline will provide a lifeline to Midwestern corn growers, giving them an opportunity to sell low-carbon ethanol.

The Public Service Commission approved route permits and corridor plans for Summit Carbon Solutions to build more than 300 miles of pipeline in North Dakota.