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“I don’t want their dirty money. I want my trees.”
A good article about Enbridge's use of eminent domain in this morning's Battle Creek Enquirer. Landowner Barbara Atkin speaks for many others: “Whatever they say goes. I understand we need oil. But we could have been treated better. If they just would have looked us...
A footnote on Gary Kitts
While reading David Hasemyer's excellent report in Inside Climate News yesterday, we were flummoxed by the remarks of MPSC Bureau Administrator Gary Kitts. Asked by Hasemyer about the MPSC's notification to landowners of the Line 6B project, a notice that landowners...
Mike Rogers replies
It only took about two months and four attempts, but yesterday I finally received a reply from U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers. It is the identical reply that my wife received about a week ago-- un-proofread prose and all ("I share your concerns with the impact of this...
Teaser
Coming tomorrow: Our U.S. Congressman Representative Mike Rogers finally replies to us (sort of), a few words for the Executive Director of the Michigan Public Service Commission, and much more on Enbridge's openness and honesty in their dealings with stakeholders....
On Enbridge’s “open and honest dealings,” Part 2
The Straw Man Tactic We've grown accustomed to hollow phrases, evasions, and clever mystifications from Enbridge spokesmen. But, as we have already noted, what Larry Springer offers up in his statement to David Hasemyer is a series of untruths. Once again, here is...
On Enbridge’s “open and honest dealings”
There are plenty of things in David Hasemyer's excellent article this morning in Inside Climate News that have got our motor running. So much that we'll likely be writing about it for some time. But of everything Hasemyer reports, what turned our low simmer to a...





