South Dakota now has a law that bans the use of eminent domain for CO2 pipelines. The law does not stop the pipeline, but means that eminent domain will not be used in that state. The law offers some home for people in Iowa hoping to stop the pipeline.

A new law in South Dakota prohibiting the use of eminent domain to acquire land for carbon capture pipelines challenges the viability of a proposed project snaking through five Midwest states.

South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden signed a bill on Thursday banning the use of eminent domain, which allows private land to be taken for public use, for the construction of carbon dioxide pipelines,

South Dakota's governor has signed a bill into law that bans the taking of private property for building carbon dioxide pipelines.

Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions awaits a decision from South Dakota regulators on its project to build a pipeline across five states.

The legislation would prohibit carbon pipeline companies from acquiring land by eminent domain. That’s the right to access private property for projects that benefit the public, with just compensation determined by a court. Eminent domain is commonly used for projects such as electrical power lines, water pipelines, oil pipelines and highways.

South Dakota Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden announced Thursday that he signed a bill banning the use of eminent domain for carbon dioxide pipelines in that state, delivering a victory to property-rights activists who spent several years advocating for the bill.