TEXAS CITY’S FRACKING BAN WILL LIKELY COST TAXPAYERS MILLIONS
“The decision by voters in the North Texas oil and gas city of Denton to pass an ordinance that would ban fracking could cost their city millions of dollars a year, with several lawsuits already…
Deerfield seeks legislation requiring pipeline
“The Select Board wants legislation requiring the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. or any other pipeline company to pay “royalties” on exported natural gas to landowners whose property has been taken by eminent domain for the…
Pipeline developer turns on pressure
“Days after federal regulators approved plans for a $750 million pipeline to carry hydrofracked natural gas from Pennsylvania into New York, many reluctant landowners along the 124-mile route got letters from developers threatening to seize…
The gas company that says it can take your backyard
“For more than a decade, the country around Ronald and Sallie Cox’s home, 25 miles south of Pittsburgh, has been an unchanging landscape of rolling green foothills. Sitting atop a modest promontory, their property is…
A Pipeline Threatens Our Family Land
“This spring a man with a clipboard knocked on Malinda’s door. He wanted permission to survey her property for a natural gas pipeline. My sister asked what would happen if she didn’t sign. Williams Partners,…
EDITORIAL: Anti-eminent domain activists should help energy producers
“As activists battled a make-believe threat of eminent domain abuse in Colorado Springs, a real and active threat went seemingly unnoticed by the ever-vigilant defenders of property rights. If they’re looking for a fight, we…
Flipping the script on eminent domain
“But she may lose all 125 of the trees. Holleran says energy infrastructure company Williams wants to dig out the small maple grove to make room for the proposed pipeline. The 124-mile underground line would…
Eminent Domain: Laws and Loopholes that Benefit Fracking and Pipeline Companies
“The rapid expansion of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking — a process that the oil and gas industry uses to extract natural gas and oil from shale rock formations buried deep within the Earth — has…
Landowners hire takings expert for fracking suit
“A statewide group of pro-fracking landowners has hired an expert in takings claims and eminent domain to represent them in an expected lawsuit against New York. Robinson & Cole LLP will help represent the Joint…
COME AND TAKE IT – Why Forcing a Condemnation Is The Best Option
““I own land, directly in the path of the proposed Constitution Pipeline. The property is quite hilly and has beautiful views. There is one small area near the top, which has a gradual enough slope…