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In the rural town of Polk, Nebraska the local preacher is also a land agent for Trans Canada. If the soft sell from the Baptist preacher doesn’t convince residents to give the oil company rights to their land the possibility of taking it by eminent domain might.
On Earth editor at large Ted Genoways tells host Steve Curwood that if the Baptist preacher can’t convince residents to sign a land easement, the possibility of taking the land by eminent domain might.