House Speaker Pat Grassley says he’s disappointed the Iowa Senate did not debate a House bill that would have prohibited carbon pipeline developers from using the government’s eminent domain authority to seize land from owners who do not want the pipeline running through their property. This was year five of the stand-off between a majority of Republicans in the House and in the Senate on the issue.
Grassley says the legislature did act to set important guidelines for companies looking for pools of hydrogen deep underground — and extracting what’s found.
Grassley made his comments during a weekend appearance on Iowa Press on Iowa PBS.
