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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>That’s fantastic! Here though, surface rights are inferior to subsurface (mineral) rights. Boo. <BR>
Sharing with Ben here, as its a clever tactic! <BR>
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Best, Shannon <BR>
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On 6/3/14 5:53 PM, "Baile Oakes" <<a href="baileoakes@gmail.com">baileoakes@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Possibly another approach that can be taken to avoid fracking wells in your backyard.<BR>
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Well, at least in Canada.<BR>
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Alberta artist, Peter von Tiesenhausen <<a href="http://www.tiesenhausen.net/">http://www.tiesenhausen.net/</a>> , has effectively stopped oil corporations from putting a pipeline through his 800 acre property by covering it with artwork and copyrighting the top six inches of his land as an artwork.<BR>
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<<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/30/1303087/-Artist-Stops-Oil-Pipeline-Cold?detail=email#">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/30/1303087/-Artist-Stops-Oil-Pipeline-Cold?detail=email#</a>><BR>
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And he charges $500/hour to let Big Oil dudes talk to him about it!<BR>
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