To stop student activism, private university claims it has ’eminent domain’ over public sidewalk
“Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been crushing peaceful student activism for months because it targets the school’s alleged moves to undermine a 127-year-old student-run union, drawing sharp warnings from state and national civil-liberties groups. Now…
Beyond Standing Rock: As Pipelines Proliferate Across the U.S., So Do Protests
“Hundreds of miles from the North Dakota pipeline protests that garnered headlines this fall, a woman in Iowa stood in her soy bean field, trying to block industrial mowers about to cut down her crops….
St. Louisians fighting to keep homes
“The city of St. Louis is trying to find the space to keep the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency and its 3,000 jobs within city limits, but some residents are willing to put up a fight…
Protest held against eminent domain bill
“A protest was held Sunday in North St. Louis city to demonstrate against the eminent domain bill which would allow the city to acquire domain in the city’s third and fifth wards. The eminent domain…
Eminent domain issue spurs outcry
“Flower Mound Town Councilmembers tabled action Monday on plans to acquire a half-acre property through eminent domain after the issue flared on social media over the weekend, prompting residents to decry using condemnation to take…
Saugerties holds off on anti-pipeline resolution
“The Town Board got an earful from opponents of a proposed oil pipeline, but decided against passing a resolution to oppose the project until it receives more information. Sue Rosenberg of Citizens Against Pilgrim Pipeline…
Debate Over Relocation of New Rochelle Public Works Yard Heats Up
“Ten businesses have organized themselves as New Rochelle United Against Eminent Domain, a group opposed to a plan to move the New Rochelle Public Works yard to East Place, near Flowers Park on Fifth Avenue….
Unlikely allies join to fight pipeline project
“If politics creates strange allies, so do pipelines: Think farmers and landowners shoulder to shoulder with left-leaning university students, environmentalists and ministers. “There are issues that transcend political parties and transcend the left-right continuum ……
Neighbors United continues to fight Ameren
“Neighbors United is the locally formed grassroots organization that is opposing Ameren’s Mark Twain Transmission Project. When the group first formed in mid-August, fewer then 20 people were in attendance at meetings to learn more…
SPECIAL REPORT: LANDOWNERS TO FIGHT EMINENT DOMAIN
“hilip Beliveau opened a map of his planned 19-lot subdivision over a pile of books and outdoor magazines, and then slid his finger along a line indicating the location of a proposed natural gas pipeline…