Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

East Texas citizens are starting to gather throughout this side of the state to learn more about Keystone XL Pipeline’s risks. The nearest meeting currently scheduled is set from 4-5:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 17 at the Catfish King, 1708 South Jefferson Ave. in Mount Pleasant.
The Sierra Club will be the host for this week’s public meeting to educate Texas citizens about this issue. It hopes to help landowners protect themselves from threats of eminent domain proceedings.
TransCanada, a foreign oil company, is using eminent domain against Texas landowners to seize private land for a tar sands oil pipeline planned from Canada through Texas to the gulf coast. See the Dec. 16 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald for more information.