Trans Canada, the company proposing the Keystone XL oil pipeline, needs permission from land owners to have the pipeline cross their property. The oil company has dispatched land agents across rural Nebraska to make their case and get landowners to sign on the dotted line. One such land agent has attracted controversy among rural Nebraskans because of his day job. He’s also a part time Baptist preacher.
Cushing, Oklahoma, is called the pipeline crossroads of the world. It’s the world’s largest oil storage hub. President Obama announced a plan to fast track the southern leg of the Keystone pipeline to connect oil stores in Oaklahoma to refineries on the Gulf Coast.