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by Jacob Orledge and Jeff Beach, Iowa Capital Dispatch
August 31, 2026

Summit Carbon Solutions is abandoning two-thirds of its planned project to store carbon dioxide underground in North Dakota. 

The company, which had been granted permits to store CO2 in three designated areas in central North Dakota, has requested permits for two of the areas to be canceled. 

“Summit #1 and Summit #2 have determined as a matter of business judgment that they will not proceed with development, construction, operation, or implementation of either proposed storage facility,” Summit said in a filing with the North Dakota Supreme Court. 

by Brooklyn Draisey, Iowa Capital Dispatch
August 22, 2026

The Democratic candidate for Iowa secretary of agriculture told Iowa State Fair attendees Saturday that “the outrage has finally arrived” for the state of Iowa’s water, and said systemic change rather than incremental fixes is the way to clear up waterways and improve other areas of Iowans’ lives.

Chris Jones criticized “Band-Aid approaches” to fixing Iowa’s environment and rural economy during his Des Moines Register Political Soapbox speech, including President Donald Trump’s decision to import more ground beef and infusions of money by the state into initiatives that haven’t fixed things.

Iowa Capital Dispatch
August 19, 2026

A judge has ordered the federal government to immediately release an immigrant held in an Iowa jail, saying it’s “hard to take seriously” the U.S. Department of Justice’s arguments in the case.

It’s one of an increasing number of cases in which federal judges have expressed skepticism or outright disbelief in some of the claims made by U.S. Department of Justice lawyers, particularly in immigration cases.