IN-DEPTH: South Dakota Farmers Band Together Against CO2 Pipeline Project

Company's plan to take property by eminent domain goes to court

Fourth-generation South Dakota farmer Ed Fischbach is leading the charge against a five-state carbon capture pipeline proposal by Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times

MELLETTE, S.D.—On their way to attend their niece’s wedding in July 2021, fourth-generation farmer Ed Fischbach of Mellette, South Dakota, and his wife made a quick stop to check the mailbox.

His wife reached inside, pulling out a handful of letters. Within the small pile was an envelope from a company she had never heard of—Summit Carbon Solutions.