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Eminent Domain Used to Push Big Oils Agenda
2013-08-02 21:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Food & Water Watch released a report last month detailing lax laws and regulations, such as the controversial clause of eminent domain, that benefit oil and gas companies trying to seize private land to extract or transport fossil fuels. According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), eminent domain is an exercise of power of the government or quasi-government agencies to take private property for "public use." The oil and gas industry`s right to claim land has been...
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