Lawsuit Challenges Use of Eminent Domain as NIMBY Tool to Block Housing Project

Lawsuit Challenges Use of Eminent Domain as NIMBY Tool to Block Housing Project

The town of Johnston, Rhode Island is targeting property for condemnation in order to prevent the construction of an affordable housing project on

Landfill Expansion Editorial: Sometimes, NIMBY is the Right Answer - The Corvallis Advocate

Not always, but sometimes, NIMBY, or not in my backyard, is the right answer, and we suspect that’s how our county should answer Republic Services’ application to expand their Coffin Butte landfill facility. In a perfect world, we might suspect differently, but that’s not the world we’re living in. Landfills need substantive regulation and robust monitoring. They emit mixes of biogas and bioaerosols, they are a breeding ground for disease vector…

"The first draft would have made it difficult to find a majority," says Trebbast's mayor Herwig Neumann. The situation now looks different.