Iowa House passes new limits on when carbon pipeline companies could use eminent domain

Carbon capture pipeline companies would need to reach voluntary deals to buy 90% of the land on their route before they could seek to use eminent domain, under a bill passed Wednesday by the Iowa House. The bill's House passage is a big step forward for opponents of the pipelines, who are worried they could be forced to sell their land to the companies if the state grants them eminent domain powers. Renewable fuels groups contend the bill would amount to a de facto ban on the pipelines and harm...