Mastodawn

As public blasts 'weakened' land protection laws, N.S. government says tweaks coming
The Nova Scotia government is moving to give property owners a new option for undoing easements that protect land for the sake of conservation, agriculture and community use. Legislators heard many critiques of the changes at a legislative committee Monday.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/as-public-decries-weakened-land-protection-laws-n-s-govt-says-it-will-adjust-9.7139157?cmp=rss

Kent Pitman Sep 17, 2024

I periodically fuss about paywalls on various things, but especially climate. I advocate for what I tentatively call a "paywall exception". I finally wrote a short blog essay explaining what this is about.

https://netsettlement.blogspot.com/2024/09/unhelpful-paywalls.html

#climate #pandemics #storms #hurricanes #typhoons #capitalism #paywall #paywalls #copyright #FairUse #IntellectualProperty #easement #easements #democracy #PaywallException

Unhelpful Paywalls

Questioning the ethics of paywalls that impede the flow of critical information about imminent or existential threats to a society or all of humanity.

Victor Jan 22, 2024

Huntington Beach residents in battle with O.C. Sanitation District over easement. #Easements, #property, #government, #rightofway https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2024-01-20/huntington-beach-residents-in-battle-with-o-c-sanitation-district-over-easement

Huntington Beach residents in battle with O.C. Sanitation District over easement

The 30-foot easement affects the backyard of nearly 30 residents on Rhone Lane, who have been told they need to move their obstructions that lie on it, including city-permitted swimming pools.

Daily Pilot

Victor Jan 22, 2024

Huntington Beach residents in battle with O.C. Sanitation District over easement

The 30-foot easement affects the backyard of nearly 30 residents on Rhone Lane, who have been told they need to move their obstructions that lie on it, including city-permitted swimming pools.

Daily Pilot