America is racing to build "critical energy infrastructure."
But in that race, farms and ranches are being treated like empty space.
Across the country, CO? pipelines, massive transmission lines, and so-called "green energy" projects are accelerating before legal clarity exists — and when landowners resist, eminent domain is increasingly used as a shortcut.
In this Yanasa TV investigation, host Charlie Rankin breaks down how energy policy, carbon markets, and grid expansion are colliding with private property rights in rural America. This isn't about being anti-energy — it's about what happens when projects rely on forced land access instead of consent.
We dive into:
• CO? pipeline projects crossing productive farmland
• Transmission corridors splitting fields and ranches
• Eminent domain being applied to private, for-profit energy ventures
• Why "just compensation" doesn't cover generational damage
• How soil, drainage, livestock, financing, and succession plans are impacted
• Why farmers are being pushed into courtrooms instead of negotiations
Farmers understand infrastructure. We live with it every day.
What we don't accept is being told our land is disposable — or that resistance is selfish.
If energy projects truly serve the public, they shouldn't require coercion to succeed.
If this is happening in your county, your state, or on your land — share your story.
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The land feeds us. It's not a shortcut.