A new law in South Dakota prohibiting the use of eminent domain to acquire land for carbon capture pipelines raises questions about the viability of a proposed 2,500 mile (4,023-kilometer) project snaking through five Midwest states.

South Dakota now has a law that bans the use of eminent domain for CO2 pipelines. The law does not stop the pipeline, but means that eminent domain will not be used in that state. The law offers some home for people in Iowa hoping to stop the pipeline.

South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden signed a bill on Thursday banning the use of eminent domain, which allows private land to be taken for public use, for the construction of carbon dioxide pipelines,

South Dakota's governor has signed a bill into law that bans the taking of private property for building carbon dioxide pipelines.

Gov. Larry Rhoden signed South Dakota House Bill 1052 into law, prohibiting carbon pipeline companies from using eminent domain.