So, think about that in the context of... let’s say, a [pipe- line] broke near a school, an old-folks home, a strip mall. What’s going to happen to those people? How are we going to get to them without internal- combustion engines? There’s no guaranteed path to safety. In Iowa, this issue has brought rural Republicans and left-wing Democrats together. Why has this issue overcome this divide? First, it attacks a fundamental value in our democratic capital-
ist system — private property is not to be messed with.
No one wants to be poisoned, and there’s a good chance of that with these pipelines.
The other issue is safety. No one wants to be poisoned, and there’s a good chance of that with these pipelines. It’s extraordinary. I’ve been in meetings where people talk to each other as neighbors. You have the makings of a move- ment when people can put aside their differences.
to stay alive longer. Maybe they’ll never have to change if we bury the emissions. CO 2 is the industry’s waste. They’re forcing taxpayers to pay them to throw out their garbage. Nobody else gets paid to throw out their garbage.
ON THE GROUND How You're Protecting Communities from Carbon Pipelines The nation’s heartland has
permits until it has updated safety standards. Your generosity makes sure Food & Water Watch organizers like Emma Schmit are on the ground fighting with her fellow Midwesterners for their land, health, and safety.
become a key battleground for the future of carbon pipelines. Three corporations, Summit Carbon Solutions, Navigator Heartland Greenway, and Wolf Carbon, have proposed 3,650 miles of hazardous pipeline to cross Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota. Because of you, Food & Water Watch is mobilizing people of all political stripes to urge the Iowa Utilities Board to deny permits for these projects. We’re also pressing the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Mate- rials Safety Administration to advise states to stop issuing
Emma Schmit
There are so many reasons carbon capture projects and their pipelines shouldn’t be built here, or anywhere. Only one thing is proven about carbon capture — it doesn’t work. It keeps the U.S. addicted to fossil fuels, degrades our agricultural land, threatens our water, and puts our communities and climate at risk. Thank you so much for powering this fight!
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