Some stories from the gaspatch just break your heart. In October, rural Silt residents Dow and Kathy Rippy lost their pipeline lawsuit against SGI and were forced to sell their ranch to settle the judgment. This is what happens when you defend your property rights against the oil & gas industry:
Defeat in pipeline lawsuit forces ranch sale
Rippys to auction West Divide ranch parcels, implements on Tuesday
It is a cruel irony to now learn that SGI bought — at auction — the corner of the ranch where the pipeline dispute began.
A rancher must sell out after losing a court case against a gas company
And the oil & gas industry wonders why public opinion is turning against them …
December 5, 2012
Garfield County, oil and gas drilling