Emergent Savannah announced that it will hold the Palmetto Pipeline World Café from 6:30-8:30 p.m.Monday at the Sentient Bean Coffee Shop, 13 E. Park Ave. in Savannah.The World Café is a conversation model that encourages a diverse group of people to discuss different sides of issues. Emergent Savannah invites the public to join the dialogue regarding the proposed Kinder Morgan Palmetto Pipeline Project.Proposed by the private Texas-based company Kinder Morgan, the Palmetto Pipeline Project is a 360-mile pipeline that would transport refined petroleum products from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, through North Augusta, South Carolina, across the Savannah River and parts of Coastal Georgia, including wetland areas, and end at Jacksonville, Florida. Richmond Hill would be the site of a terminal, and 11 miles of the pipeline would run through Bryan County, the company has said.Not only are citizens concerned with the environmental- and economic-associated risks, but Kinder Morgan is facing criticism on its silence toward its efforts to enforce eminent domain on local landowners.
Conversation in Savannah about pipeline
