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1/ In Iowa, conservative farmers and an environmental group are forming an unlikely alliance.

The common enemy? A carbon dioxide pipeline. Farmers fear it could ruin their crop yield and expose their families to a hazardous gas.

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2/ The drama centers around 3 proposed carbon dioxide pipelines that would carry emissions from ethanol refineries to storage in underground rock formations in North Dakota and Illinois.

One $4.5B project would cut through Iowa’s prized cornfields.

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3/ Kathy Stockdale is no climate activist. The Iowa farmer & conservative Christian says God controls the weather — “not the carbon dioxide.”

Until now, she and her husband couldn’t imagine teaming up with @SierraClub, a corn ethanol industry critic and Biden environmental ally.
4/ Environmental groups like @SierraClub have long opposed carbon capture and storage technology.

They argue it props up coal, oil, natural gas and some biofuels like ethanol that should be on their way out because of their climate-warming emissions.

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5/ The Sierra Club is pushing back on the idea that any technology that can drive down heat-trapping carbon emissions deserves a spot in Biden’s climate plan.

A coal plant or oil refinery with the technology would still pollute in other ways, from air toxins to water discharges.
6/ Meanwhile, farmers like the Stockdales see the pipeline as unnecessary and a scar on their land. And they’ll take any allies they can get.

“The land ultimately belongs to [God] and I need to take care of it," Kathy said. "It is our responsibility.”

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7/Read more about how White House support for a carbon capture pipeline is scrambling alliances in Iowa👇

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