Medina Leading Coalition Targeting Pipeline Expansion
“Citing concerns with the planned expansion of the Keystone XL Pipeline and other pipelines across Texas, Debra Medina, the head of the advocacy group WeTexans, is leading a coalition that is calling on state lawmakers…
Pipeline plan has detractors
“The proposed pipeline covers 22 miles through Seneca County, from the eastern side of Tiffin through the Bloomville area in a southeasterly direction. Part of the line is to follow an existing easement where a…
County residents angry that BridgeTex Pipeline to run through their properties
“Joy Lewis/Reporter-News Mickey Redwine and his wife, Jacqueline, are fighting against a BridgTex Pipeline that is planned to run through their front yard, stripping out all his trees and driveway.” read the entire article Mangalonzo,…
Texas Property Rights Upheld in Pipeline Ruling
“Private property right advocates cheered an opinion issued Thursday by the Ninth Court of Appeals in Beaumont in a case involving wealthy East Texas landowner — and storied trial lawyer — Wayne Reaud, who challenged…
Ninth Court affirms eminent domain powers of TransCanada Keystone Pipeline
“A Texas appeals court has ruled that a Beaumont judge did not err when he granted a foreign company’s petition to condemn land for the construction of a crude oil pipeline. A group of Southeast…
Texas Farmers Lose Another Bid to Block Keystone Pipeline
“TransCanada Corp. (TRP) won another of the remaining Texas state-court challenges by landowners trying to block construction of the Keystone XL tar-sands pipeline across their property. A state appeals court in Beaumont, Texas, denied a…
Pamphlet is latest barb between utility company, water agency
“That was the question posed to 11,500 households in Lemont via a pamphlet recently distributed by utility company Illinois American Water in response to an eminent domain lawsuit filed against IAW in January. The suit…
When landowner and pipeline can’t agree
“n the case of the 20-inch diameter BridgeTex crude oil pipeline which is planned to be constructed across the northeast corner of Milam County, Bruce Heine, Director Government and Media Affairs for Magellan Midstream Partners…
TX Farm Bureau: HB 2748 is bad news for eminent domain in Texas
“In that session, a decade-long battle resulted in substantial improvement. Now, only two years later, the Legislature is poised to surrender many of the gains in that landmark legislation. It’s called House Bill 2748 and…
Big Flats land dispute still in court
“The fight between New York State Electric & Gas and a West Elmira man who is challenging the utility’s attempts to obtain a pipeline easement across his land has moved into state Supreme Court. The…