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Naig: eminent domain should favor landowners as carbon-capture pipeline debate continues

3123742 · April 25, 2025
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Secretary Mike Naig said the law should tilt toward protecting landowners in eminent domain decisions for pipelines, saying eminent domain should be a rare, least-desirable option and that voluntary agreements should be overwhelming before any project proceeds.

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig said during Iowa Press that eminent domain for projects such as carbon-capture pipelines should be difficult to use and should favor landowners.

Asked whether he might take a firmer stance given ongoing…

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