eminent domain

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• 8/8/2021
  

  A Community of Necessity: The Quabbin Reservoir's History and the Future of "Managed Retreat"

  by Elisabeth C. Rosenberg

  In 1939 the dammed Swift River submerged four Massachusetts towns beneath the new Quabbin Reservoir. The story of the residents, politicians and engineers of the Swift Valley foreshadows the negotiations that will accompany a managed retreat from places jeopardized by climate change.

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• 6/20/2021
  

  Powerline Politics in the 1970s and Today

  by Tyler Priest

  Environmental activists have forged anti-pipeline alliances with rural landowners using the issue of eminent domain. History shows that this might boomerang if farmers oppose the new electric transmission lines that will be needed to implement green electrification. 

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• 7-19-15
  

  Should the Government Be Able to Take Your House Away and Give It to a Private Developer?

  by Ilya Somin

  10 years ago the Supreme Court said Yes. Here’s why so many people found the decision shocking.