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Landowners form a pipeline rebellion in the Deep South

Landowners in Georgia are upset by a Texas company’s plan to build a petroleum pipeline through the state When the letter arrived from a Texas pipeline company asking permission to enter his land, Alan Zipperer refused to allow surveyors onto his property. But they came anyway, he said, traipsing through his corn fields and pine

Kinder Morgan reaches safety deal

Transportation Dept. deal could cover $90 million in work By: August Cole; Source: Market Watch; Originally Published: 4.10.06. SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Following a government-ordered pipeline safety review last summer, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners is set to begin $90 million in safety work after reaching a deal with the Transportation Department. The Houston-based company KMP,

Kinder Morgan Paid Pennsylvania Police Department to ‘Deter Protests’

ACLU calls arrangement “flat out unconstitutional” Between June and October 2013, Kinder Morgan, the largest energy infrastructure company in North America, paid a local Pennsylvania police department more than $50,000 to patrol a controversial pipeline upgrade. The company requested that the officers, though officially off-duty, be in uniform and marked cars. Kinder Morgan’s aim, according

Wall Street Worries About Kinder Morgan’s Safety Record

BC pipeline operator slashes and defers maintenance spending. Kinder Morgan is a titan in the North American energy sector and a major player in Northwest fossil fuel shipments. The firm was the author of a on the Columbia River in Oregon, and it is lobbying heavily to in a bid to move more tar sands

On Tort Reform, It’s Time to Declare Victory and Withdraw

By: Steve Cohen, Source: Forbes, Originally Published: 3.2.15 “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” -Verbal (Kevin Spacey) in The Usual Suspects The second greatest trick may be the insurance industry’s success in getting more than half the states to implement “tort reform.” That achievement was based on

10 Oregon Families Are Getting the Same Heartbreaking Call I Did

I’ll never forget the all-consuming pain of hearing my twin brother had been killed. Now the Umpqua Community College victims’ loved ones are feeling that same pain. This has to stop. By: Goldie Taylor, Source: The Daily Beast. It was supposed to be a party. There was BBQ, bowls of chips, and coolers of beer.

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$15 Million Awarded in Highway Collision

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