PRINCETON, Ky. — What was originally planned as a “No Kings, Vote Early” gathering became a fight against big corporate when Jennifer Werstein learned of a pipeline project coming to Kentucky and decided to pivot towards protesting for transparency and accountability outside of the Caldwell County Courthouse.
After the Pennyrile Regional Energy Agency filed a lawsuit aiming to secure an easement for a proposed national gas pipeline, local farmers stood up, decrying the suit and seeking to protect their property.
Werstein said she’s a fourth generation farmer, and that she was notified earlier in the week of a land grab by PREA and wanted to protect her fellow farmers…