• Land

New Investigation Shows Pipelines Always Get Their Way With FERC

• #conservationist
• 5th Amendment rights
• Atlantic Coast Pipeline
• FERC
• oil and gas
• pipeline
• Private Property Rights
• Takings

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) sides with pipeline companies over private landowners in 99% of the cases when landowners refuse to grant a company permission to bury a pipeline on their land.  

Why This Matters:  The FERC’s stilted process may soon end. In addition to Congressional oversight, a federal appeals court is considering whether to disallow FERC from blocking landowners taking their cases to court right away, before ground is broken.

• Land

Trump “Jokes” About Border Wall Pardons

• border wall
• Endangered Species Act
• NEPA
• pardon
• property rights
• Takings

On Tuesday, The Washington Post reported that the President told subordinates they should “take the land” and could break the law in order to get the border wall completed because he would “pardon” them – a statement the White House later claimed was just a joke.