ENVIRONMENTALISTS JOIN FIGHT AGAINST EMINENT DOMAIN INITIATIVE

Environmentalists are joining opposition to an anti-eminent domain initiative they say may stop regulators from protecting air and water quality on private lands and may complicate brownfields redevelopment. The measure's backers are defending the initiative's ability to protect low-income landowners and argue environmentalists are teaming up with a "Goliath" of industry and government opposition. The initiative is expected to draw significant stakeholder concern as it gains momentum for the November 2006 election, both because of its significant support and because...