TransCanada sends landowners letter about eminent domain
“While Corey Goulet, president of the Keystone XL Pipeline project for TransCanada, traveled around Nebraska to talk with certain groups and media companies, the company was also sending letters to landowners about starting the eminent…
At little risk, supervisors could stand up for residents
“At first glance, conventional lawyers don’t understand the Community Bill of Rights Ordinance that Conestoga Township Supervisors rejected Dec. 2. Our community spent six months researching and developing it, so I hope we can add…
Eminent domain fight looms for pipeline
“Bruce Baxter, who has owned a Bainbridge tree farm since 1985, received a letter from a lawyer from the Constitution Pipeline company last week, informing him the firm has “an immediate need” for a right-of-way…
Prove it up: Texas Railroad Commission revises rule for pipeline common carrier permits
“The Texas Railroad Commission has recently promulgated certain rule amendments designed to clarify how much information a pipeline operator must file to be classified, for TRRC regulation purposes, as a common carrier or a private…
Roanoke County Supervisors oppose Mountain Valley Pipeline
“The Roanoke County Supervisors are now on record opposing the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Tuesday afternoon, they joined members of the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors, approving a resolution opposing the project. The vote is largely…
Gas pipeline firm threatens eminent domain to seize land
“The developer of a $750 million natural gas pipeline from Pennsylvania into New York has threatened to seize land from reluctant landowners through eminent domain. A letter obtained by the Albany Times Union (http://bit.ly/12SNKHQ) tells…
Pipeline developer turns on pressure
“Days after federal regulators approved plans for a $750 million pipeline to carry hydrofracked natural gas from Pennsylvania into New York, many reluctant landowners along the 124-mile route got letters from developers threatening to seize…
Lower Saucon Council agrees to more research before opposing pipeline
“The Lower Saucon Township Council Wednesday passed a motion to do further research and fact-finding before it passes a formal resolution opposing the construction of the new PennEast natural gas pipeline scheduled to run through…
Vt. Gas pledges to halt eminent domain use (for now)
“After receiving a request from Gov. Shumlin to do so, Vermont Gas Systems says it will hold off on filing eminent domain proceedings against landowners along the Phase I route of its pipeline. known as…
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 ……