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Eminent domain opens doors for fossil fuels could it do the same for renewable energy? Source: By Ysabelle Kempe, Grist • Posted: Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Environmentalists have long opposed eminent domain for fossil fuel projects. Now, the legal power could be vital to building renewable energy infrastructure.
For renewable energy to power the United States, the country will need ambitious politicians, public buy-in, and billions of dollars in investment. But there’s a slightly less flashy tool that will also play a key role in the renewable energy transition: eminent domain law.
Eminent domain is the government’s power to seize private property for public use (with fair payment). It’s controversial many Americans staunchly defend their private property rights but the truth is that eminent domain has shaped the U.S. into the country we know today. From highways to national parks to public buildings such as cour
Controversial $1 billion PennEast pipeline case heard by U.S. Supreme Court
Updated Apr 29, 2021;
Posted Apr 28, 2021
A sign June 29, 2016, on Hewitt Road in Hunterdon County show opposition to the proposed PennEast Pipeline.TT TT Michael Mancuso
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Supporters and detractors of plans for a $1 billion natural gas pipeline had their day in the nation’s highest court Wednesday.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in PennEast Pipeline Co. v. New Jersey, a slow-burning case weighing state protections for preserved lands against the powers granted to private companies to seize property for pipeline construction.
At stake in New Jersey is the future of the controversial PennEast pipeline, a proposed 120-mile-long piece of infrastructure designed to carry natural gas from the fracking fields of Pennsylvania through western Hunterdon County and Mercer County to destinations and customers elsewhere.
Apr 26, 2021
EDEN PRAIRIE Fafinski Mark & Johnson, P.A. announced today that Mankato attorney Paul Shneider will join the New Ulm office as a Shareholder. Shneider will continue his practice of representing closely-held businesses, tax-exempt organizations, and banks and financial institutions in various corporate matters.
Shneider’s representation of closely-held businesses and tax-exempt organizations includes mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, entity formation and capitalization, governance, contract negotiation, divestitures, and other corporate matters. His banking practice includes documenting financing and credit facilities, negotiating work out agreements, participating in farmer-lender mediation, and resolving troubled loans.
Shneider also has a diverse real estate practice representing clients in commercial transactions, easement issues, and development and financing negotiations.
Ted Sampsell-Jones, professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in Minnesota
Rachel Moran, law professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis
THE ANSWER
Derek Chauvin can and most likely will appeal his conviction; however, that doesn’t mean he will win the appeal.
WHAT WE FOUND
Chauvin has 90 days following the date of his conviction to appeal the decision, according to Minnesota rules. An appeal would not automatically grant him release from his incarceration. His defense would argue its appeal to a panel of three judges, and the judges must issue a decision within 90 days of hearing his arguments, a Minnesota Courts webpage says.
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STEUBENVILLE Voters in Steubenville’s Fourth Ward will decide the only race contested in the May 4 primary election.
Incumbent Scott Dressel, 59, will face off with newcomer Royal Mayo, 54, for the Democratic nomination. The winner doesn’t have any announced opposition in the November general election.
Dressel, who resides at 411 Madison Ave., is seeking his second term on council. He was originally appointed to the 4th Ward seat, completing the unexpired term in office of a council member who’d resigned in 2015.
He said he “loves Steubenville and its history and wants to see it thrive again,” adding he’s running “because I like to finish what I start.”