The Bluegrass Pipeline: A Bad Deal From Beginning to End
“With the rise in fracking for shale gas, so too comes a rise in pipelines and other infrastructure used to get the product to market. One such pipeline, the Bluegrass Pipeline, is proposed to cut…
Eminent domain panel set for Cattle Raisers Convention
“Two of the state’s leading experts on private property laws in Texas will headline a panel on eminent domain, particularly as it pertains to the increased number of oil and gas pipelines in Texas. The…
Uses and Abuses of Eminent Domain in the Commonwealth
“Last October, energy industry firms began gauging interest within Kentucky for construction of a natural gas liquids (“NGL”) pipeline.FN1 Operating under the name Bluegrass Pipeline (“Pipeline”), the new Pipeline will span thirteen counties, and connect…
Eminent-domain fight creates an odd alliance
“State representatives plan to consider a bill today to allow oil companies to use eminent domain to obtain land for pipelines – a power the state Supreme Court took away in a 2012 decision that…
Lobbyists fighting hard against bill to restrict eminent domain
“Sen. Jimmy Higdon, of Lebanon, is “guardedly optimistic” that a bill in the House to protect landowners from condemnation of their property for a natural gas liquids pipeline will be enacted before the state legislative…
Franklin: Landowner Loses Appeal In Pipeline Construction Case
“Waco’s 10th Court of Appeals on Thursday denied an appeal from a Robertson County man who claimed a pipeline construction company illegally gained easement to his land through eminent domain. Edgar Todd Love asked the…
State attempts to calm hard feelings over Vermont Gas project
“The Shumlin administration has stepped in to soothe contentious right-of-way negotiations between Vermont Gas Systems and a group of Monkton landowners. Vermont Gas recently sent letters to several landowners along its proposed natural gas pipeline…
Sponsors drop oil pipeline bill: Committee vote may have violated sunshine law
“Senate Bill 14-093 is an attempt to overturn a 2012 Colorado Supreme Court decision that told oil pipeline companies they did not have eminent domain authority. The companies have used their perceived authority for decades…
Bluegrass Pipeline opponents raise concerns after Bowling Green sinkhole, Adair pipeline explosion
“The sinkhole that swallowed eight cars at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green on Wednesday and an explosion the next day of a natural gas pipeline in Adair County highlighted what opponents of the…
NEAT leaders: TransCanada dupes landowners about eminent domain
“New concerns over the Keystone XL oil pipeline are prompting leaders of the Nebraska Easement Action Team, or NEAT, to send a letter to President Obama, Secretary of State Kerry and the Unicameral. The letter…