The proposed Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline project has the approval of North Dakota regulators. North Dakota’s Public Service Commission voted unanimously Friday to approve a siting permit for the modified,

North Dakota regulators on Friday approved Summit Carbon Solutions' application for a permit to run a section of its carbon dioxide pipeline through the state and store the captured greenhouse gas underground.

Ames-based Summit gets a pipeline permit in North Dakota and has one from Iowa. It still needs permits from South Dakota and Minnesota

The proposed $8 billion, 2,500-mile pipeline system would carry tons of planet-warming CO2 emissions from 57 ethanol plants in five states for storage deep underground in North Dakota.

Summit Carbon Solutions’ pipeline route was approved Friday morning in North Dakota, bringing the company one step closer to meeting conditions set by the Iowa Utilities Commission to begin construction.

North Dakota utility regulators granted approval on Friday for a span of a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline that would cross five Midwestern states -- a key victory for the company that has faced vociferous landowner objections and various hurdles and setbacks in its plans.

North Dakota utility regulators granted approval on Friday for a span of a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline that would cross five Midwestern states — a key victory