Sunday, December 1, 2013

Is Fracking A Civil Right? A New Court Case May Decide

The plaintiffs, led by the Independent Petroleum Organization, assert that Mora is using its purported environmental concerns as a veil for the real purpose of the ordinance, which they say is to “eliminate the constitutional rights and privileges of corporations.”

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/11/15/2950581/fracking-ban-civil-rights-lawsuit/

BY EMILY ATKIN ON NOVEMBER 15, 2013 AT 12:40 PM

President Obama walks past an oil rig outside of Maljamar, NM.
President Obama walks past an oil rig outside of Maljamar, NM. CREDIT: AP PHOTO/PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS


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