Fight over Keystone XL continues, landowners vow to fight until very end
“TransCanada has until mid January to acquire the land needed to build the Keystone XL Pipeline through Nebraska. A new offer from the company is on the table for landowners. For Nebraska farmers and ranchers,…
Editorial presents distorted view of eminent domain
“The Register’s editorial, on Dec. 7 [“Some must forefit land for utilities”], contending that some must forfeit land for utilities, and referencing the Bakken pipeline, presents a distorted view of eminent domain. You acknowledge that…
RICL receives Illinois certification
“The Rock Island Clean Line direct current transmission line project came one step closer to fruition when the Illinois Commerce Commission granted RICL a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity on Nov. 25. The certificate…
Unlikely allies join to fight pipeline project
“If politics creates strange allies, so do pipelines: Think farmers and landowners shoulder to shoulder with left-leaning university students, environmentalists and ministers. “There are issues that transcend political parties and transcend the left-right continuum ……
Readers Watchdog: Was my land targeted for eminent domain?
“Ginger Harry’s father and grandfather each lost their land to Lake Red Rock, the huge Marion County reservoir built decades ago by the federal government for flood control. Her grandfather died just three months after…
Meetings on pipeline plans start Monday
“Informational meetings begin Monday about a Texas-based company’s proposal to build an underground pipeline that would carry 320,000 barrels of North Dakota crude oil daily through 18 counties in Iowa. Dakota Access LLC, a unit…
Opponents Speak Out About Power Line/Wind Turbine Project
“More than one-thousand Iowans have joined a group that opposes the two-billion-dollar Rock Island Clean Line wind energy project which aims to build a 500-mile-long transmission line. Carolyn Sheridan, who lives near Spencer, is president…
Alliance’s opposition to ‘Clean Line’ based on studies
“Regarding the guest column by Bill Leonard [“Power Line Offers Bigger Benefits Than Pipeline,” Nov. 14]: The Preservation of Rural Iowa Alliance encourages Leonard to check his facts. We are a very strong statewide group…
$5M spent to acquire land for Alice’s Road project
“The cities of West Des Moines and Waukee have racked up nearly $5 million in expenses associated with acquiring property along a much-anticipated central Iowa interchange project, a Des Moines Register review shows. And the…
Given Scant Information, Activists Struggle to Fight New Pipeline in Iowa
“Farmers and environmental activists are trying to fight a proposed pipeline that would bring Bakken crude through Iowa. But with little information from the company or the government, they’re left in the dark – and…