Pro Ag Podcast
Episode 117: Fighting the Good Fight with Kari Hume
In this episode, Rachel visits with Kari Hume about her battle with an energy company. She's our very own Erin Brockovich. From humefarmstead.com: In 2024, Tallgrass Energy built the Logan Compressor Station just 951 feet from our front door — more than 400 feet closer than the distance the company reported to federal regulators. This compressor station sits over the bi-directional natural gas transporting Rockies Express Pipeline, called "REX”. It went in following a zoning change, without a local building permit and without the kind of public notice a project of this size would typically require. Since then, we've lived with near-constant noise, low-frequency vibration we can feel inside our home and shop, and intermittent sulfur-like and chemical odors. The dispute has since grown to include the nearby Trailblazer Pipeline, which runs through our pasture roughly 800 feet from our home. That pipeline has carried natural gas across our land for over 40 years under a 1981 right-of-way agreement — but Tallgrass has converted it to carry carbon dioxide (CO2), a use that legal analysis confirms was never authorized under that agreement. Our children can no longer play outside without experiencing sounds, vibrations, airborne toxins, concerning odors, and a large aesthetic eyesore. Our fabrication business requires welding and plasma cutting, both open-flame activities in the presence of unannounced, pungent natural gas releases. Though these activities are inside our shop, air quality experts confirm that VOCs actually accumulate inside buildings and residences near facilities with emissions. We’ve spent nearly two years trying to resolve this privately and in good faith. That didn't work. We've now filed suit — Hume, Brady et al v. Tallgrass Energy et al , Logan County District Court, case number 2026CV030052 This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Iliff Custom Cabinetry. Find Adam Rose on The Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/icucab/. If you see Adam, please let him know you heard about him here. Check our our cows on the Anywhere Cam site at https://anywhere.cam/. Scroll down to the Hereford cows and tada!
