[CRNMC] Ohio Supreme Court takes away local right to ban fracking...

[agnes at mcn.org]

Lanny,
I would think this decision only applies to Ohio since it was not the U.S.
Supreme court's decision.
Agnes

> FYI
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> In a blow to anti-fracking campaigners across the state, the Ohio Supreme
> Court said this week that the authority to regulate oil and gas drilling
> activities—and therefore, to ban fracking within municipal borders—lies
> with the state as opposed to cities, towns, or counties.

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> http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/02/18/tragic-decision-top-ohio-court-takes-away-local-power-ban-fracking
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> Seems to me the key for us going forward is to better identify what
> "inalienable rights" are. And, therefore, to define the parameters of
> "community rights" in terms of those inalienable rights. Are inalienable
> rights the same as human rights?
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> Federal, and even state, preemption cannot and must not ever trump our
> inalienable or human rights.
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> Lanny Cotler
> Willits
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