Pipeline firm threatens to use eminent domain

[CoolBreeze]

OMAHA, Neb. — A Canadian company that wants to build an oil pipeline to the Gulf of Mexico is again threatening landowners IN THE UNITED STATES with court action if they don't sell TransCanada the rights it needs to build the Keystone XL pipeline.

TransCanada was criticized last summer for mentioning eminent domain in letters to landowners. Company spokesman Terry Cunha said TransCanada has agreements with more than 80 percent of landowners along the six-state route and wants to be ready if the project is approved.

The project is designed to carry oil from Canada across Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. TransCanada also has proposed connecting to the Bakken oil field in Montana and North Dakota.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/7521946.html

[Bob Campbell]

If we'd just get big government off these corporations' backs, we could have all the oil we need. Another classic case of too much regulation stifling capitalism.