New bills in Texas, SB 421 and HB 991, would give landowners more rights when their property is subject to being taken by the fossil fuel industry.
Eminent domain, which is sometimes used for important projects that are in the public interest, is also often used by private fossil fuel companies in Texas to build pipelines and other fossil fuel infrastructure.
These bills would establish basic transparency and fairness provisions when private companies move to take people’s land -- provisions that are already required when the government uses eminent domain.
Urge your legislators to support these important bills that will hold private companies to higher standards when using eminent domain proceedings to take land.
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