Demonstrators march with a replica of a pipeline during a protest against the Keystone XL Pipeline outside the White House on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Demonstrators against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, protest outside the law offices of Nebraska Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood, in Norfolk, Neb., Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011, while Alex Pourbaix, president of TransCanada Corp.'s energy and oil pipelines, holds a meeting inside with state senators to discuss the proposed route of the Keystone XL pipeline through the state. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this Oct. 13, 2010, the sandhills near Mills in north central Nebraska, through which the Keystone XL pipeline is planned to be built, is shown. TransCanada's second pipeline, the $7 billion Keystone XL, is planned to carry crude oil from tar sands near Hardisty, Alberta to the Gulf Coast is now delayed indefinitely, with little official explanation. The company had hoped to begin laying pipe by the end of the year, but those prospects have dimmed. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Demonstrators march with a replica of a pipeline during a protest to demand a stop to the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline outside the White House on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Demonstrators for the Keystone XL pipeline, right, and a demonstrator against the pipeline meet outside Pershing Auditorium near the state Capitol in Lincoln, Neb., Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011, before a hearing on the pipeline. Opponents of the pipeline that would carry tar sands oil from Canada to Texas through the sandhills of Nebraska expressed concern about the pipeline's effect on the Ogallala Aquifer, a vast subterranean reservoir that spans a large swath of the Great Plains and provides water to eight states, while supporters of the pipeline, which include labor unions and business groups, spoke of jobs and development and energy security. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) (AP)
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Protesters opposing the Keystone XL pipeline carry a mock pipeline in front of Pershing Auditorium in Lincoln, Neb., Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011, before a public hearing began inside. Environmentalists and landowners, who held a rally against the Keystone XL pipeline that would carry tar sands oil from Canada to Texas through the sandhills of Nebraska, expressed concern about the pipeline's effect on the Ogallala Aquifer, a vast subterranean reservoir that spans a large swath of the Great Plains and provides water to eight states, while supporters of the pipeline, which include labor unions and business groups, held an opposing rally and spoke of jobs and development and energy security. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) (AP)
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Demonstrators for and against the Keystone XL pipeline gather outside Pershing Auditorium near the state Capitol in Lincoln, Neb., Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. Federal officials head to Nebraskas capital Tuesday as public hearings about a proposed oil pipeline that would span the country from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico move to the state where opposition to the $7 billion plan has been strongest. Opponents of the pipeline that would carry tar sands oil from Canada to Texas through the sandhills of Nebraska expressed concern about the pipeline's effect on the Ogallala Aquifer, a vast subterranean reservoir that spans a large swath of the Great Plains and provides water to eight states, while supporters of the pipeline, which include labor unions and business groups, spoke of jobs and development and energy security. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) (AP)
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Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman speaks during a news conference in Lincoln, Neb., Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011, with Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy, right. Heineman said he will not convene a special session of the legislature despite a call by Sen. Ken Haar of Malcolm, who wants the state to enact legislation to protect Nebraska's Sand Hills and Ogallala Aquifer from the Keystone XL pipeline project, that some say is an environmental threat. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) (AP)
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Actress Daryl Hannah is arrested by U.S. Park Police in front of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011, during a protest against the Keystone oil pipeline. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (AP)
DALLAS — Owners of a northeast Texas farm have obtained a court order to block TransCanada from crossing the farm with a proposed pipeline planned to carry Canadian oil to refineries along the Texas Gulf coast.
Lamar County Court-at-Law Judge Bill Harris ordered TransCanada representatives and those of The Crawford Family Farm Partnership to appear before him Feb. 24 to show why Harris shouldn’t extend the order against TransCanada. However, family attorney John Pieratt of Austin says Harris has scheduled a rehearing at TransCanada’s request for Friday in Paris, Texas.
The order came in TransCanada’s condemnation lawsuit against the family partnership for right-of-way across the 600-acre farm along the Red River, about 100 miles northeast of Dallas.
This is OUTRAGEOUS. Our “representing” politicians should be saying “NO” to TransCanada’s attempt to use the U.S. to get their filthy pipeline to a duty-free zone. Instead, Republicans are involved in SCAMMING their constituents with misinformation and empty promises. I wholeheartedly praise and applaud the Crawford Family Fund Partnership for their integrity.
The Keystone pipeline will continue to be an issue that is the center of discussion for quite some time. What is mind boggling about the issue is that while it has a controversial component with regard to the environment, it’s even more complicated is the fact that we are willing to turn away 20,000 jobs that can also turn into other possibilities both now and in the future (http://bit.ly/sogpoX). What we need to know is what the plan is going to be for recovery if we decide to turn these 20,000 jobs down, is there a replacement of sorts? If not, we need to come up with another strategy so that we can experience some long term growth. Otherwise, we are only throwing opportunities away.
There is nothing “filthy” about any pipeline. Currently there is around 65 million miles of pipelines in the United States. Whats the problem with 2500 miles more? Because of the oil boom going on in South Texas right now, new pipelines are going in everyday. Big Whoop! Getting oil and natural gas to market via pipeline is the cheapest, cleanest way.
Anyone who can’t agree with any petroleum pipeline has their head up their own alimentary canal (pipeline).
No mention that TransCanada is a private company using eminent domain to condemn the property?
And why don’t the Canadians want these refining jobs?
This is OUTRAGEOUS. Our “representing” politicians should be saying “NO” to TransCanada’s attempt to use the U.S. to get their filthy pipeline to a duty-free zone. Instead, Republicans are involved in SCAMMING their constituents with misinformation and empty promises. I wholeheartedly praise and applaud the Crawford Family Fund Partnership for their integrity.
The Keystone pipeline will continue to be an issue that is the center of discussion for quite some time. What is mind boggling about the issue is that while it has a controversial component with regard to the environment, it’s even more complicated is the fact that we are willing to turn away 20,000 jobs that can also turn into other possibilities both now and in the future (http://bit.ly/sogpoX). What we need to know is what the plan is going to be for recovery if we decide to turn these 20,000 jobs down, is there a replacement of sorts? If not, we need to come up with another strategy so that we can experience some long term growth. Otherwise, we are only throwing opportunities away.
There is nothing “filthy” about any pipeline. Currently there is around 65 million miles of pipelines in the United States. Whats the problem with 2500 miles more? Because of the oil boom going on in South Texas right now, new pipelines are going in everyday. Big Whoop! Getting oil and natural gas to market via pipeline is the cheapest, cleanest way.
Anyone who can’t agree with any petroleum pipeline has their head up their own alimentary canal (pipeline).