Eminent Domain

The Keystone XL Pipeline and the Sandhills of Nebraska

Lisa Dale Norton | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Nebraska Sandhills, Keystone XL Pipeline, Keystone Pipeline, Keystone XL, Eminent Domain, Keystone Pipeline Nebraska, Ogallala Aquifer, Green News

It goes against everything Nebraskans know to be true: you don't take the land of U.S. citizens for the profit of a foreign corporation, and you don't mess with the Ogallala Aquifer.

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Texas Farmer Wins Temporary Restraining Order Against TransCanada

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Property Rights, Keystone XL Pipeline, Transcanada Eminent Domain, Keystone Xl Eminent Domain, Trans-Texas-Corridor, Terri Hall, Eminent Domain, Green News

A coalition of environmentalists, conservative property rights activists and landowners are mounting a full court press against TransCanada in an atte...

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'Green News Report' - February 9, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Economy, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Video, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Nuclear Energy, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Sustainability, Endangered Species, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Republicans, Innovation, Solar Energy; Peak Oil, Whales, Gregory Jaczko, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Polyurethane, Plastic, Newt Gingrich, Rainforest, Ecuador, Rick Santorum, Science, Seaweed, Glaciers, Green Jobs, Fracking, Himalayas, Louisiana, Rising Sea Level, Fukushima, Wind Energy, Eminent Domain, Hydraulic Fracturing, Green News

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'Green News Report' - February 2, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Asian Carp, Fracking, Economy, United Nations, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Coal, Pipeline, Canada, Tar Sands, Drought, Video, 2012 Presidential Election, Heat Wave, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Great Lakes, Gop, Groundhog Day, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Invasive Species, Environmentalism, Subsidies, State Department, Barack Obama, Texas, Energy Efficiency, Pennsylvania, BRAD BLOG, Keystone XL Pipeline, Green News, Fox News, James Hansen, Illinois, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydraulic Fracturing, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Gasland, Wall Street Journal, Brad Pitt, Daily Show, Insurance, Saudi Arabia, Daily Mail, Josh Fox, Green Building, Eminent Domain, Munich Re, Cuba, Green News

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China's Communist Party: Not Losing Control

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Cultural Revolution, Weibo, Bo Xilai, Eminent Domain, Chinese Politics, Mao Zesong, Mercantilism, Singapore, Arab Spring, Chinese Culture, Ministry of State Security, Chinese Middle Class, Prosperity Covenant, Deng Xiaoping, Micro-Blogs, Democracy in China, Chinese Pragmatism, World News

The future of China's political system will not be made in America or Europe.

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Despite Budget Shortfalls, Texas Plans New Road To Exxon Headquarters

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Toll Roads, Houston, Exxon Mobil, Exxonmobil, Exxon, Trans-Texas-Corridor, Grand Parkway, Eminent Domain, Rick Perry, Texas Toll Roads, Politics News

Texas faces a transportation funding gap of $315 billion over the next 20 years, according to the state's transportation commission. Ten of its top 20...

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Oklahoma Family Fights Keystone Pipeline And Wins

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Transcanada, Keystone Pipeline, Keystone XL, Eminent Domain, Green News

Opponents of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline won a small and perhaps only symbolic victory this week when TransCanada abandoned an eminent domai...

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The Keystone Pipeline: When A Landowner Says 'No'

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Energy, Tar Sands, Keystone, Oil Sands, Keystone XL Pipeline, All Terrain, Keystone Pipeline, Keystone XL, Eminent Domain, Green News

Sue Kelso, born Sue White, is fiercely attached to a 180-acre slice of southern Oklahoma farmland. The property, about two hours north of Dallas, has ...

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NJ Town Revives Eminent Domain Abuse of 1950s

Christina Walsh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Urban Renewal, Mount Holly, Homeowners, Township of Mount Holly, New Jersey, Keating Urban Partners, Eminent Domain, New York News

Since 2000, Township of Mount Holly officials have been buying up and knocking down homes under the threat of eminent domain, in a stark replication of 1950s-era urban renewal.

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Atlantic Yards Stopped?

Steve Ettlinger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: EB-5 Program, Forest City Ratner, Eminent Domain Abuse, Brooklyn, Bruce Ratner, Bruce Ratner Atlantic Yards, Atlantic Yards, Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, Eminent Domain, Scandal, New York State Supreme Court, MaryAnne Gilmartin, New York News

Longstanding opponents Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn and Brooklyn Speaks got a favorable response last month and will have a hearing tomorrow, Dec. 2...

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Highway Robbery in the 21st Century

Nick Sprayregen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Empire State Development Corporation, Columbia University Eminent Domain, Nick Sprayregen, Supreme Court, Columbia University Expansion, Eminent Domain, West Harlem, New York News

A few years ago, Columbia University came to the conclusion that what it wanted -- a brand new campus on my land in West Harlem -- could not be accomplished legitimately through the open market.

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Pinon Canyon Protesters Put Goal Posts on Wheels

Sean Paige | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fort Carson, Pinon Canyon Army Expansion, U.S. Rep. John Salazar, U.S. Military, Property Rights, Pinon Canyon, U.S. Army, Eminent Domain, Denver News

Folks who thought the Pinon Canyon controversy was all about expansion plans need to catch up. The rancher-activists evidently don't just want the Army contained; they want it kicked out.

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Donald Trump Foe, "Doonesbury" Inspiration Dies

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Doonesbury, Clare Sabatini, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Eminent Domain, Clare Sabatini Dead, Eminent Domain, Atlantic City, New York News

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I Never Promised to Be an Ineffectual Martyr

Daniel Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Jersey Nets, Atlantic Yards Brooklyn, Mikhail Prokhorov, Free Speech, Bruce Ratner, Bruce Ratner Atlantic Yards, Atlantic Yards, Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, Empire State Development Corporation, Esdc, Eminent Domain, New York News

For nearly seven years, at considerable personal risk, I used my home to fight the abuse of eminent domain and Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards project. But I never promised to be an ineffectual martyr.

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Utah Passes Law To SEIZE LAND FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, Hopes Movement Catches On In West

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Peter Corroon, Gary Herbert, Escalante, Escalante Grand Staircase, Utah Eminent Domain, Federal Land, Eminent Domain, Utah, Denver News

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Fed up with federal ownership of more than half the land in Utah, Republican Gov. Gary Herbert on Saturday authorized the use o...

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Cursing Atlantic Yards

Steve Ettlinger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Forest City Ratner, Atlantic Yards, Rev. Daughtry, Eminent Domain, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, Bruce Ratner, New York News

The most peculiar groundbreaking ceremony took place on March 11 at the edge of Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.

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What Is Atlantic Yards? A Complete Failure of Democracy

Daniel Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paterson, Groundbreaking, Corruption. No Bid, Brooklyn, Bruce Ratner, Bloomberg, Pataki, Atlantic Yards, Eminent Domain, Markowitz, New York News

Why were so many elected officials, journalists and everyday citizens willing to look the other way on Atlantic Yards?

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Brooklyn Bar Wants to Handcuff Eminent Domain Abuse

Christina Walsh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blight, New Jersey Nets, Empire State Development Corporation, Eminent Domain, Michael Bloomberg, Mikhail Prokhorov, Brooklyn, Bruce Ratner, Freddy's Bar, Kelo v. New London, New York News

What would you do if your favorite neighborhood watering hole was being demolished for a rich, greedy developer? Handcuff yourself to the bar, naturally.

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Utah House OK's Bill To Take FEDERAL LAND From Government Via Eminent Domain

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Chris Herrod, Bill Clinton, Utah House, Utah, Eminent Domain, Denver News

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House has approved a bill that would allow the state to take federally owned land through the use of eminent domain. ...

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Bloomberg/NYC Gave $131 Million to Bruce Ratner

Steve Ettlinger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, Forest City Ratner, Eminent Domain Abuse, David Paterson, Michael Bloomberg, Brooklyn, Bruce Ratner, Atlantic Yards, Eminent Domain, New York, New York News

This whole Atlantic Yards boondoggle thing is still getting more amazing.

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Last Holdout of Atlantic Yards Speaks Out!

Steve Ettlinger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Forest City Ratner, Eminent Domain Abuse, Jefferey Braun, Brooklyn, Bruce Ratner, Atlantic Yards, Eminent Domain, New York, David Paterson, New York News

Despite being delayed years beyond its original schedule, FC Ratner persists in pursuing its increasingly expensive dream of taking 22 acres of real estate in Brooklyn with eminent domain.

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Forest City's Longshot Bond Issue in Brooklyn

Steve Ettlinger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Forest City Ratner, Mayor Bloomberg, Eminent Domain Abuse, Appellate Court, Basketball Arena, Brooklyn, NJ Nets, Blight, Forest City Enterprises, Atlantic Yards, Basketball, Mta, NY State Senate, Bond Issue, Eminent Domain, Goldman Sachs, Bond Buyer, Columbia University, NYC Budget, Ratner, FInancial Markets, Bruce Ratner, Pilots, Urban Development, Gov. Paterson, Developdontdestroybrooklyn, Barclays Plc, New York News

As Forest City Enterprises markets bonds for Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn -- which includes the most expensive basketball arena in the country -- I'm struck by how tenuous the whole thing is.

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The Specter of Condemnation: What Isn't Public Use?

Daniel Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sandra Day O'Connor, Kelo, Eminent Domain Abuse, Atlantic Yards, Brooklyn, Eminent Domain, Mayor Bloomberg, New York Politics, Michael Bloomberg, New York Nyets, New Jersey Nets, New York News

Most observers wouldn't consider luxury condos and a privately owned basketball arena with lucrative naming rights accruing solely to the developer -- Atlantic Yards -- to be a "public use."

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Atlantic Yards Can Be Seized For Nets Arena Using Eminent Domain: Court

AP | MICHAEL VIRTANEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mikhaul Prokhorov, Brooklyn Nets Arena, Eminent Domain Abuse, Nba, Bruce Ratner, Atlantic Yards Case, Nets Arena, Atlantic Yards, Real Estate, Eminent Domain, New York News

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York's top court ruled Tuesday that the state can use eminent domain to force homeowners and businesses to sell their propert...

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Atlantic Yards: Making Money Off Eminent Domain

The Real Deal | Gabby Warshawer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Forest City Ratner, New Jersey Nets, Atlantic Yards, Real Estate, Empire State Development Corporation, Atlantic Yards Brooklyn, Eminent Domain, New York News

The last remaining legal hurdle Atlantic Yards faces is a Court of Appeals hearing later this month on the project's proposed use of eminent domain. I...

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