Foreign Company Tries To Seize U.S. Land For Keystone Pipeline
“TransCanada, a foreign company based in Alberta, Canada decided to use an amendment to the United States Constitution to seize private American citizens’ property to avoid regulators and build the controversial Keystone Pipeline (USNews). This…
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…
TRWD plans eminent domain action with landowner
“The Tarrant Regional Water District board voted 4-1 on Tuesday to exercise its power of eminent domain in order to route a massive pipeline through an East Texas property controlled by Monty Bennett, a wealthy…
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…
Pipeline carrier bill dies quietly
“If the dueling narratives in the run-up to the deadline for the bill to clear the Senate are any indication, those on each side will hone in on the issue when it comes time to…
Group expresses concern over Keystone
“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…
Explosion creates momentum for pipeline bill
“State lawmakers said Thursday’s pipeline explosion could be a tipping point for legislation that would stop a developer from using eminent domain to build a new pipeline in Kentucky. The explosion happened early Thursday morning…
Montana farmers, ranchers continue fight against pipeline
“In spring 2009, representatives from TransCanada started visiting Darrell Garoutte on his cattle ranch in McCone County, Montana. The Canadian corporation wanted to build the Keystone XL pipeline across his land and its representatives did…
Pipeline bill headed to Senate
“Mississippi is losing millions of dollars because access to a network of carbon dioxide-carrying pipelines is closed. That’s the claim made by advocates of a bill in the Mississippi Senate, which if passed, would require…