Jess Mazour

Organizer. Lefty. Fearless.

[IowaPodcast.com @IowaPod]

In today's episode we sit down with @JessMazour of the Iowa @SierraClub and the carbon pipeline - what is it? Who's behind? And, most importantly, how does it affect us?

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00:38 Introduction to the Carbon Pipeline Debate
01:12 Jessica Zure's Background and Initial Concerns
01:56 Summit Carbon Pipeline's Changing Justifications
03:32 Growing Opposition and Key Concerns
05:06 Eminent Domain Issues
07:15 Public Money and Safety Concerns
12:38 Water Usage and Environmental Impact
28:14 Legal Battles and Legislative Efforts
32:05 Call to Action and Conclusion

[Emma Schmit @EmmaSchmit94]

It appears Monte Shaw's only experience with water is the tears he shed while issuing this (mis)statement. Maybe Summit should source their water from his tearducts instead of deep bedrock aquifers.
https://t.co/oTzEO3DYGw

[Des Moines Register @DMRegister]

Carbon pipeline foes say it would use billions of gallons of Iowa water resources annually https://t.co/CDXyDK2XO6

[Jess Mazour @JessMazour]

@GabyEstrada Same problem here.

[Jess Mazour @JessMazour]

@itsjackholliday @Meta @facebook I am having the same problem for the last week too. Sick of it!!

[Bleeding Heartland @LauraRBelin]

New post: Nancy Dugan had 5 questions for Dr. Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson about Summit Carbon Solutions' proposed CO2 pipeline. (He's an expert on ethanol, carbon capture, and renewable energy)
Must-read Q&A:
https://t.co/mOYxkprtQy

[Jess Mazour @JessMazour]

@HeatherLPearson My thoughts.....

[Iowa Capital Dispatch @IowaCapDispatch]

Navigator C02 announced Friday it is canceling its carbon pipeline proposal amid the “unpredictable nature of the regulatory and government processes” of Iowa and South Dakota, @jstrong712 reports. https://t.co/tiHhj8NdYg via @IowaCapDispatch

[Emma Schmit @EmmaSchmit94]

As a landowner just put it, "A bunch of elderly farmers without internet just took down Blackrock."

[Jess Mazour @JessMazour]

Linkedin has a chart to see what a company's employees are skilled at. Summit claims they are an ag company to support farmers and save ethanol - agriculture, ethanol, land management, etc are not in their skill set.

[Emma Schmit @EmmaSchmit94]

@melton4iowa

[Emma Schmit @EmmaSchmit94]

Aaand the dominoes keep toppling. Navigator has withdrawn from Illinois.

[Emma Schmit @EmmaSchmit94]

How many more times do we have to win before they give up for good?

[Jess Mazour @JessMazour]

Summit put their DNR Air Quality and Wastewater permitting on hold.

Navigator put their entire Iowa project on hold on Friday.

More signs of distress from the carbon pipeline companies.

We will win.

#NoCarbonPipelines

[Emma Schmit @EmmaSchmit94]

Summit's lawyer is an absolute scoundrel. He implied that a landowner refused mail from Summit, putting the lack of communication on the landowner. The truth is that Summit sent it to a random address that doesn't even have a mailbox! Absolutely ridiculous.

[Jess Mazour @JessMazour]

Summit tried to shame a landowner by saying maybe they didn't receive their eminent domain notice bc they refused the mailing.

Actually.... Summit sent the eminent domain notice to the wrong address. Here's the proof.....

[Jess Mazour @JessMazour]

Last week Summit objected to an expert in real estate answering ?s about their hazardous pipeline on land values.

IUB sustained the objection, denying info from being introduced in the record.

IUB doesn't want a fair hearing - IUB wants a fast hearing - forget about the facts

[Jess Mazour @JessMazour]

Summit and IUB care more about rules and than bringing out the critical facts in the case.

Summit objected to a landowner saying what her soil type is. Summit doesn't think that's relevant because it *could* have been in her pre-filed testimony.

#SoilMatters #NoEminentDomain

[Emma Schmit @EmmaSchmit94]

Navigator is putting a pause on their carbon pipeline plans in Iowa.

[Jess Mazour @JessMazour]

IUB Chair Erik Helland isn't trying to hide his disdain for the landowners' attorney. Helland has publicly berated, ridiculed, singled-out and punished Domina Law Group from day one. Helland's bias only hurts the landowners.

#NoCarbonPipelines #NoEminentDomain