<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Landowners say they're getting trampled by corporations rushing to secure gas drilling rights : RSS 2.0</title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><webMaster>plime.com</webMaster><copyright>2008, plime.com.</copyright><lastBuildDate></lastBuildDate><pubDate></pubDate><generator>Plime/1</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><image><title>Landowners say they're getting trampled by corporations rushing to secure gas drilling rights : RSS 2.0</title><url>http://www.plime.com/images/logo.gif</url><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</link></image><item><title><![CDATA[Landowners say they're getting trampled by corporations rushing to secure gas drilling rights]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unsuspecting property owners around the country are getting trampled in an old-fashioned land rush by natural gas companies and speculators trying to lock up long-ignored drilling rights quickly and cheaply.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/63493/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/63493/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%' style='padding-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;' class='trh'><tr valign='bottom'><td><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'><tr valign='bottom'><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabs lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-comments'><a href='/politics/l/63493/1/' class='plime2 td mn'>comments (3)</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-related'><a href='/politics/l/63493-related/1/' class='plime td mn'>related</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-share'><a href='/politics/l/63493-share/1/' class='plime td mn'>share</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-history'><a href='/politics/l/63493-history/1/' class='plime td mn'>edit history (1)</a></td></tr></table></td><td class='minitabspc' style='width:100%' valign='middle'><table width='100%'><tr class='regular'><td align='right'> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&lt;</a><span> <b><a class='page-selected td' href='/politics/l/63493/1/'>1</a></b> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&gt;</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><item><title><![CDATA[hmtksteve @ 5/28/2008 4:29:34 PM]]></title><description><![CDATA[If YOU think $5 an acre is a fair deal why get upset when your neighbor gets $500 an acre? Don't blame the landman for your s**tty grasp on the value of your mineral rights.<br/><br/>Some people are just too indignant for their own good.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/63493/1/rss2_0.rss#q4</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/63493/1/rss2_0.rss#q4</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[2longdogs @ 5/28/2008 12:15:53 PM]]></title><description><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/politics/l/63493/1/#q2"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>shep182</b>&#160;:&#160;Most of these tactics date back to the original &quot;Coal Rush&quot; that ran thru Wv and robbed land owners of their rights.  People would sign &quot;mineral rights&quot; contracts that stated the coal would be removed and they could keep the land...  which was promptly strip-mined and left the owner with a wasteland that couldnt' support a farm or a family.  There is little exscuse now for signing off on rights to your land without checking with a lawyer or a surveyor... its horrible that people are still being screwed... but they have to shoulder some of the blame for not educating themselves...</i></div>History repeating itself.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/63493/1/rss2_0.rss#q3</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/63493/1/rss2_0.rss#q3</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[shep182 @ 5/28/2008 12:14:54 PM]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most of these tactics date back to the original &quot;Coal Rush&quot; that ran thru Wv and robbed land owners of their rights.  People would sign &quot;mineral rights&quot; contracts that stated the coal would be removed and they could keep the land...  which was promptly strip-mined and left the owner with a wasteland that couldnt' support a farm or a family.  There is little exscuse now for signing off on rights to your land without checking with a lawyer or a surveyor... its horrible that people are still being screwed... but they have to shoulder some of the blame for not educating themselves...]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/63493/1/rss2_0.rss#q2</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/63493/1/rss2_0.rss#q2</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item></channel></rss>