Lawmakers attempt to halt controversial water project
“Central Texas lawmakers want to cut off at the knees a controversial water project by reining in a water supplier’s eminent domain powers and expanding the jurisdiction of local groundwater conservation districts. Residents near Wimberley,…
Company planning to build gas pipeline through coastal Georgia
“A 360-mile pipeline carrying gasoline, diesel and ethanol could stretch across the length of Coastal Georgia by 2017, connecting an existing pipeline running through South Carolina to Jacksonville. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, the third largest…
PSE&G Denies Pilgrim Pipeline Access to Montville Right-of-Way
“Plans to build an oil pipeline from Albany, NY to Linden, NJ were effectively stalled when PSE&G told Pilgrim it will not allow access to its right-of-way, according to an email from PSE&G spokeswoman Karen…
TransCanada Is Seizing People’s Land To Build Keystone, But Conservatives Have Been Dead Silent
“For Julia Trigg Crawford, watching TransCanada construct the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline on a corner of her 600-acre farm was “gut-wrenching.” Crawford, who lives in Direct, Texas, had been trying since 2011…
Deerfield adds US Department of Energy as defendant in action against gas pipeline
“A federal tort action filed by the town against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission earlier this month has been amended to add the U.S. Department of Energy to the complaint as a defendant. Under the…
Farmers on both sides of eminent domain debate
“A number of pipeline and power line projects have been proposed in Midwest states in recent months, and there are farmers lined up on both sides of the issue. The projects themselves are in various…
Judge OKs eminent domain for pipeline
“The proposed Constitution Pipeline project has taken a major advance forward, with a federal judge granting it eminent domain rights to easements on properties whose owners had been resisting right-of-way agreements. Pipeline construction is now…
Meet the Voters on Opposite Sides of the Keystone XL Pipeline Debate
“While President Barack Obama’s veto on Tuesday of a bill to approve the Keystone XL pipeline marks yet another chapter in the politics of the controversial energy project, a legal fight continues to stop TransCanada…
Railroad commission approves new pipeline rules
“The Texas Railroad Commission formally approved new rules modifying what pipeline operators must do to become common carriers and possibly get the power to condemn land for their projects. The new T-4 pipeline form approved…
Obama Vetoes Keystone XL Pipeline Bill
“The White House has notified the Senate that President Obama has, as promised, vetoed congressional legislation to approve the Keystone XL pipeline project. “Through this bill, the United States Congress attempts to circumvent longstanding and…