Lawmaker tries to block land takeovers for pipe

A US lawmaker has introduced legislation to prevent forced land takeovers on the pipeline route leading to the proposed Jordan Cove Energy Project.

Federal Representative Peter DeFazio, a Democrat representing the state of Oregon, said the legislation does not intend to block LNG export projects.

Rather, it seeks to prevent the use of eminent domain powers to require landowners to sell their land to the project.

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