Author Archives: Ed Fallon

Blog: Summit is lying about its CO2 pipeline

October 28, 2021 by Ed Fallon
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Ed Fallon’s blog, September 23, 2021 During four years of haggling with representatives of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), it became pretty clear to me when the company was lying. (Check out my blog posts dating back to March 1, 2015.) With the CO2 pipeline now proposed by Summit Carbon Solutions, lying got off to an early start this month. Summit presents itself as an ally in the fight against climate change, claiming its pipeline will capture carbon equivalent to the emissions of 2.6 million cars Continue reading →

IUB: Submit a comment or objection

October 14, 2021 by Ed Fallon
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Step 1: Go to the IUB’s website. Step 2: Where it says “Quick Links,” click on “File a comment or objections in an open docket.” Step 3: Scroll down and fill-in the detail where it says “Consumer information.” Step 4: Under “List of IUB dockets,” “HLP-2021-0001” for Summit, “HLP-2021-0003” for Navigator. Step 5: Make your comments in the space provided. Step 6: Answer the Captcha question and hit “Submit.” Bold Iowa is opposed to the use of eminent domain to build privately-owned pipelines transporting carbon dioxide Continue reading →

Summit Public Hearings

October 14, 2021 by Ed Fallon
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Here’s the list of public hearings set up by the Iowa Utilities Board to allow the company proposing to build the pipeline, Summit Carbon Solutions, to explain what they want to do and give the public a chance to ask questions: Hardin County – September 13, noon, Timbers Edge, 19493 Co Hwy S56, Steamboat Rock Story County – September 13, 6 p.m., Gateway Hotel & Conference Center, 2100 Green Hills Drive, Ames Lyon County – September 15, noon, Rock Rapids Community Center, 404 First Ave, Rock Rapids Sioux Continue reading →

Interview with Senator Grassley

October 14, 2021 by Ed Fallon
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On a public affairs program in October, 2021, sponsored by the Mason City Globe Gazette, Nathan Kontz and Jarod McNett ask Senator Chuck Grassley about the CO2 pipeline proposed by Summit Carbon Solutions. That conversation can be heard HERE and runs from the 1:40-3:20 minute mark. Some impressions of the interview: FIRST, even though eminent domain is a function of state government (as Grassley notes), Iowans deserve to know whether it’s right to use eminent domain to benefit a private corporation. As the state’s highest-ranking senior Continue reading →

Release: Bold Iowa asks Iowa Utilities Board to stop DAPL expansion

April 15, 2021 by Ed Fallon
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BOLD IOWA — building rural-urban coalitions to impact the climate crisis — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 15, 2021, 11:00 am CT Contact Ed Fallon at (515) 238-6404 or [email protected] — www.boldiowa.com Bold Iowa asks Iowa Utilities Board to stop DAPL expansion New video shows strong statements by President and Vice President against DAPL expansion Des Moines, Iowa — Bold Iowa director, Ed Fallon, submitted a letter today to the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) asking the Board to revisit its 2020 decision and stop expansion of Continue reading →

Letter to IUB, April 15, 2021

April 15, 2021 by Ed Fallon
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BOLD IOWA — building rural-urban coalitions to impact the climate crisis — April 15, 2021 To Iowa Utilities Board members Huser, Lozier, and Byrnes —  I write on behalf of Bold Iowa in response to the letter you received on April 2, 2021, from Dakota Access stating it “intends to begin construction of the Cambridge Pump Station on or about April 5, 2021.” This construction would allow Dakota Access to double the flow of oil through the pipeline from 570,000 to 1.2 million barrels per Continue reading →

Bold Iowa letter to Biden, Harris calling for DAPL to be shut down

April 15, 2021 by Ed Fallon
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April 15, 2021 Dear President Biden and Vice President Harris —  We write on behalf of Bold Iowa regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). As of last week, Dakota Access has begun work on its pumping station near Cambridge, Iowa, with the intent of doubling the flow of oil. We ask you to immediately shut down DAPL before the expansion proceeds any further. We ask this for two reasons. First, in response to repeated questioning from Bold Iowa activists in 2019, you both spoke clearly Continue reading →

Texas landowner forced to pay for oil pipeline removal

March 19, 2021 by Ed Fallon
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Dear Friends, Here’s a not-so-hypothetical question for you: Who’s responsible for removing an abandoned oil or gas pipeline? (A) Pipeline company (B) Government (C) Landowner Sorry, if you guessed (A) or even (B), you think you’re living in a world that makes sense. As wrong as it seems, the answer is (C). A few years back, a Texas landowner called a pipeline salvage company and was told it would cost about $1,000 to remove 300 feet of an abandoned oil pipeline. The landowner then discovered Continue reading →

Ed Fallon’s letter to Attorney General Tom Miller about DAPL

January 27, 2021 by Ed Fallon
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January 27, 2021 Dear Attorney General Miller, Respectfully, I must register my profound disappointment in your support for the Dakota Access Pipeline. It makes no sense to me — and many others I talk with — why you would sign on to an amicus brief defending a Texas corporation that trampled on private property rights to tear up 350 miles of Iowa farmland in order to build an oil pipeline that now exacerbates our worsening climate emergency and threatens our water. I’ve read both the amicus brief and Continue reading →