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No Longer Willing to be Bullied and Fracked, How One Pennsylvania Town Fought Back
2015-11-05 13:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RINF: In defiance of a corporate lawsuit over a proposed fracking wastewater injection well, the citizens of Grant Township, Pennsylvania on Tuesday evening adopted the countrys first municipal charter establishing a local bill of rightsa document which codifies environmental and democratic rights, and bans such drilling activity as a violation of that pact. The people of Grant Township spoke loud and clear: They have rights, and they will protect those rights, said Chad Nicholson of the Community...
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