EcoWatch: The land agent first came knocking on Vivian and Dean Houses door in July. They sat on the patio of the retired couples 85-acre farm in this Central Kentucky town and chatted.
The guy was friendly, the kind of guy Dean could talk to about fishing.
He put the couple at ease and told them his company was interested in running a pipeline through their land. They were later offered more than $165,000 to sign easements.
This map shows the proposed route through Pennsylvania, West Virginia,...