"Big beautiful bill" seizes federal power for CO2 pipeline land grabs

The current budget reconciliation bill threatens American property rights. At the center of the fight: a controversial CO2 pipeline project backed by some GOP megadonors.

The budget reconciliation bill contains a provision that would grant the federal government authority to override the will of private property owners when it comes to installing carbon dioxide pipelines.

Under Sec. 41001 of the reconciliation bill, developers could pay $10 million to apply for the power to use federal eminent domain authority to seize la…