Summit avoids landslides in North Dakota CO2 pipeline route changes

Changes made by Summit Carbon Solutions to its pipeline route in North Dakota include avoiding areas where landslides are likely to occur. It also has moved farther east of Bismarck and some Bismarck intervenors have withdrawn from the case. North Dakota is one of the few states to have possible landslide areas mapped, according to State Geologist Ed Murphy. Those maps are used when siting several different types of infrastructure, such as wind turbines, roads and pipelines. The state Geological Survey identified 17 areas of soil instability on or near...