Yale Environment 360: In the spring of 2012, about nine years after Melissa Owen and her husband purchased 640 acres of remote Arizona desert that they hoped to turn into a wildlife refuge, a representative from the energy giant Kinder Morgan knocked on their front door. The man said his company planned to Melissa Owen A gas pipeline is being built on Melissa Owen's land in Arizona, despite her opposition. build a natural gas pipeline through her property and hoped to get the Owens' consent.
They didn't give it, and...