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Pa. eminent domain pipeline fight headed for court
2014-01-20 02:27:11| Energy - Topix.net
Ron and Sallie Cox's house in North Strabane Township is nestled behind a lush forest they are fighting to protect from a new natural gas pipeline inching toward their property.
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Pa. eminent domain pipeline fight headed for court
2014-01-19 18:16:31| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Ron and Sallie Cox's house in North Strabane Township is nestled behind a lush forest they are fighting to protect from a new natural gas pipeline inching toward their property.
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Texas high court ruling gives hope to landowners in eminent domain fight
2014-01-14 23:47:50| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
TransCanada, the energy company behind the Keystone XL pipeline, was ordered by the Texas State Supreme Court last week to submit information on its use of eminent domain - an action that keeps a key landowner lawsuit alive.
Texas Supreme Court Favors Landowner Over TransCanada in Keystone XL Eminent Domain Case
2014-01-09 15:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of landowner Julia Trigg Crawford, ordering TransCanada to submit information by Feb. 6 as the justices weigh arguments to hear the case regarding eminent domain abuse. Texass highest court delivered a clear victory for pipeline opponents and landowners fighting TransCanadas overreach on property rights. At the heart of Crawfords case is the ability of TransCanada, a foreign corporation, to use eminent domain under the states common carrier clause since...
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...