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Dakota Rural Action Celebrates the PUC’s Denial of the Navigator CO2 Pipeline Permit Application

In an historic decision, the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously yesterday to uphold county ordinances related to hazardous carbon dioxide pipelines and to deny Navigator’s CO2 pipeline permit application. The decision was based upon the company's failure to convincingly meet the burdens of proof set forth in the permitting requirements. In this surprising victory for rural South Dakotan’s…