Category: Texas
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Koch Brothers Continue State-by-State Attempts to Stifle Growth of Renewable Energy
GREENPEACE — While Koch Industries has deployed its own lobbyists to compliment the effort, the brothers who lead the company have tapped into their broader national network to aid the fight against clean energy in Kansas …
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PART III: Calling for Reinforcements from Behind Enemy Lines in the Fight Against Keystone XL
MICHAEL BISHOP — I am amazed by the lack of understanding about this project by the general public and even more amazed that people in other parts of the country are so focused on the “northern segment” while the pipeline is actually being laid right here in Texas and will begin transporting …
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Waterkeeper Alliance Files Lawsuit Against U.S. Coast Guard Over Ongoing Oil Spill
WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE — “We filed this suit to stop the spill and lift the veil of secrecy surrounding Taylor Oil’s eight-year long response and recovery operation …
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PART II: U.S. Marine Battles TransCanada in Court over Eminent Domain for Keystone XL
MICHAEL BISHOP — I then began intensive research on TransCanada and what I found out both frightened me and gave me strength to channel the anger I had at that time. I refused their one offer …
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PART I: One Man’s Stand Against the Keystone XL Pipeline
MICHAEL BISHOP — My name is Michael Bishop and I am a landowner in Douglass, Texas in Nacogdoches County. I am the victim of eminent domain by a foreign, private corporation. I received a letter from TransCanada in 2008 informing me that …