Iowa goes all-in on oil pipeline - Homegrown Iowan
Iowa goes all-in on oil pipeline - Homegrown Iowan Skip to main content Iowa goes all-in on oil pipeline March 10, 2016 Written by Cindy Leave a Comment Despite years of protest, permission was granted on March 10, 2016, for eminent domain to be used for the Bakken pipeline, which will cut through privately owned farmland, from northwest to southeast Iowa. (photo/Cindy Hadish) The promise of jobs won out over the rights of property owners, as both the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Iowa Utilities Board today gave the go-ahead to use Iowa farmland to run an oil pipeline through the state, despite an outcry from the landowners and environmentalists.
The promise of jobs won out over the rights of property owners, as both the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Iowa Utilities Board today gave the go-ahead to use Iowa farmland to run an oil pipeline through the state, despite an outcry from the landowners and environmentalists. Eminent domain will be allowed to be...