NebraskaWatchdog.org
A group of Nebraska landowners – headed up by Randy (of “Stand with Randy” fame) Thompson — filed a lawsuit today, challenging the constitutionality of Nebraska’s new pipeline siting law.
The lawsuit was filed today (Wednesday) with the Nebraska Supreme Court. TransCanada’s second attempt at getting permits for a pipeline across Nebraska – as part of a larger pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast refineries – is being handled according to legislation passed by state lawmakers in April.
However, anti-pipeline group Bold Nebraska says the new law reversed many rules and regulations passed during the special session in November – when lawmakers brokered a deal with TransCanada to reroute the pipeline around Nebraska’s ecologically fragile Sandhills.
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