Nebraska Governor OKs Keystone XL Pipeline Route Through State

January 25, 2013Email ThisPrintNewslettersTweetArticle2 Comments

Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has approved a new route for the Keystone XL oil pipeline that avoids the state’s environmentally sensitive Sandhills region.

Heineman sent a letter to President Barack Obama confirming that he would allow the controversial project to proceed in his state.

The pipeline has faced strong resistance in Nebraska from a coalition of landowners and environmental groups who say it would contaminate the Ogallala aquifer, a massive groundwater supply.

Canadian pipeline developer TransCanada and some workers’ unions say the project is safe and will create thousands of jobs.

The original route would have run the pipeline through a region of erodible, grass-covered sand dunes. The new route skirts that area.

 

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Skelton-Morris Joins Keystone Insurers in Georgia

January 8, 2013Email ThisPrintNewslettersTweetArticleComments

Skelton-Morris Associates, a Hartwell, Ga.-based insurance agency, is the eleventh Keystone Insurers Group partner in Georgia.

Skelton-Morris Associates has offices in Toccoa, Ga., Lavonia, Ga., and Anderson, S.C.

The agency is under the management of Chip Kidd, Carey Jackson and Jennifer Patterson.

 

 

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Keystone Insurers Group Adds 2 Georgia-Based Agencies

December 20, 2012Email ThisPrintNewslettersTweetArticleComments

Keystone Insurers Group announced the addition of two independent agencies in Georgia to its franchise business for a total of 10 in the state. The new franchise partners are Jowers-Sklar Insurance and The Harbin Agency.

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