John --
We are excited to invite you all to join us on Saturday, April 30th -- at the Tanderup farm on Ponca Nation land -- for the Ninth Annual Planting of Sacred Ponca Corn in the path of the Keystone XL pipeline, that is now and forever dead, dead, dead!
This year, the Cowboy Indian Alliance and the Nebraska Easement Action Team (NEAT) are also inviting impacted landowners on the new proposed carbon pipeline routes -- which would pass through some of the same counties (and properties, even) as Keystone XL -- to join our annual tradition.
Then on Sunday, May 1st, Bold and NEAT invite everyone to join us down the road in Norfolk at Divots Conference Center for a Brunch & Panel Discussion: "Landowner Experiences With Pipelines and Eminent Domain," which will feature a number of landowners who faced eminent domain on the Keystone XL pipeline sharing their experiences, as well as landowners currently facing the prospect of eminent domain for proposed carbon pipelines.
NEAT will have "No Trespassing" and "No Carbon Pipelines" yard signs you can take home at both events!
**ALSO UPCOMING**
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WHAT: Landowners United to Stop Pipelines
- Introducing: "Landowners Rapid Response Guide & Videos" from the Property Rights and Pipeline Center, with Jill Averitt, Irene Leech, and Joyce Burton
- Details of two new reports on carbon pipelines from Pipeline Safety Trust's Bill Caram, and attorney Paul Blackburn of Bold Alliance
- Update on legal process to protect landowners' property rights from Midwest carbon pipeline projects from attorney Brian Jorde of Domina Law Group
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WHEN: Tuesday, April 12, 6:00 p.m. Central Time / 7:00 p.m. Eastern
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REGISTER*: via Zoom
(*Register & receive a recording even if you can't join the live event)
*RECENT PROGRAMS*
The Bold Alliance's
Pipeline Fighters Hub is excited to launch a new blog from resident expert and attorney Paul Blackburn. The first installment -- "
Risks of Converting Natural Gas Pipelines to CO2 Service" -- should be of particular interest to landowners along the route of the Tallgrass Energy "Trailblazer" pipeline, which is angling to convert from gas to CO2.
Paul's next blog will focus on one county-level zoning tool that local elected officials are empowered to utilize on pipelines: the "setback," used to describe the minimum statutory distance that a project's siting must be "set back" from a residence or other protected area.
Another new report on carbon pipelines was released last week by the Pipeline Safety Trust: "Carbon Dioxide Pipelines: Dangerous and Under-Regulated." The report uncovers "terrifyingly large gaps on carbon dioxide pipelines" under the U.S. Dept. of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), and makes critical recommendations for updating safety regulations around carbon pipelines.
Landowners across the Midwest states impacted by proposed carbon pipelines are joining together to form a legal "co-op" -- similar to the successful model employed to fight eminent domain on Keystone XL. You can follow the Iowa Easement Team, South Dakota Easement Team, North Dakota Easement Team, and re-vamped Nebraska Easement Action Team, now working to organize landowners facing eminent domain for carbon pipelines instead of KXL.
Thanks for standing with us.
Tom Genung and the Bold team
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