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John Hoeven: “Red Trail Energy, which is an ethanol plant by Richardson…”

Featuring: John Hoeven, Republican | U.S. Senate North Dakota

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Published November 11, 2025 | Video Starts at 1:14:25

I would, I would mention something else relative to what Bob just said a minute ago. Do you realize that Red Trail Energy, which is an ethanol plant by Richardson, is already sequestering CO2 off an ethanol plant and they built a pipeline. Did you hear anything about it? No, because they worked with the people and got it done right. And they had the people on board. Okay. That's how to do things. (1:14:25–1:14:34)

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Asserts that Red Trail Energy is currently sequestering CO2 from an ethanol plant and has constructed a pipeline for this purpose.

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“North Dakota [has] a lighter touch [regarding regulations]. It's more common sense.”
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“It adds about $10 a barrel cost [to transport oil by rail instead of pipeline].”
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“We're leading the nation in [carbon capture and storage].”
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“They should be working on a voluntary basis with landowners.”
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“Project Tundra...you're talking a project that's well north of a billion dollars.”
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