Mining / Pipelines / Oil / Gas / Energy

A new study is outlining the potential economic of proposed carbon capture pipelines in South Dakota. This comes as tensions between landowners and pipeline developers continue to simmer.

The battle continues between proposed pipeline projects and landowners across the state. Summit Carbon Solutions has now filed more than 80 lawsuits against landowners to initiate eminent domain on private property.

The carbon pipeline would be built in the eastern part of the state. In the Moment discusses the project with an affected county commissioner and two landowners.

Minnehaha County commissioners debated the safety implications of CO2 pipelines in their latest meeting.

The average gas price in South Dakota dropped almost 4 cents this week according to a recent survey.

South Dakota Mines researchers are exploring a battery breakthrough. The leftovers from processing certain plants could power everything from your cell phone to a spaceship.

Local environmentalists are encouraging the public to comment on a proposed mineral withdrawal around Pactola Reservoir in the central Black Hills.

Black Hills residents who live downstream from the Pactola Reservoir want to restrict mining activity in an expanded area. A U.S. Forest Service review could exempt thousands of acres in the Black Hills from mining.

Federal officials will hold a joint public meeting about a proposed mineral withdrawal surrounding the Pactola Reservoir on Wednesday. If approved, mining and exploration could cease in a 20,000-acre area for two decades.

The contentious proposed project brought hundreds of concerned residents to an informational hearing earlier this year.