What issue are legal property rights centers looking at? is there a public good, for eminent domain purposes, when the public that benefits from the exported good is Europe or China?
What does this have to do with eminent domain? Pipelines, such as those that feed a LNG Export Center, are often uilt with the use of the power of eminent domain.
To exercize eminent domain constitutionally there must be a public use/public purpose for the land
How are property rights legal exeperts looking to intervene in exported oil and gas? intervening in existing cases to aid property owners fighting eminent domain actions
Is this impacting oil and gas industry? Yes, a Texas pipeline that seeks to serve deregulated Mexican market, included a spur to a small Texas town that had never had natural gas service before to avoid the public purpose issue before the company utilized eminent domain
Houston Chronicle | Are pipeline land takings in the public interest if oil, gas headed overseas?