Restoring Democracy in the Fight Against Fracking

EcoWatch: Same story. Different day. People are threatened by an activity that will injure them, and they work overtime to pass a law that bans the activity. An affected corporation--or industry association--then sues the municipality, contending that the community can't prohibit what the state allows, and that the ban violates the "rights" of the corporation. The upshot of these machinations is that the municipality then either repeals the ban or is bankrupted trying to defend it. Most likely, the...

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