[Occupymendocino] Court Deals Blow to Secrecy - Obsessed Fracking Industry

[Richard Karch]

http://truth-out.org/news/item/15721-pennsylvania-court-deals-blow-to-secrecy-o

A Pennsylvania judge in the heart of the Keystone State’s fracking belt has issued a forceful and precedent-setting decision holding that there is no corporate right to privacy under that state’s constitution, giving citizens and journalists a powerful tool to understand the health and environmental impacts of natural gas drilling in their communities.
“Whether a right of privacy for businesses exists within the prenumbral rights of Pennsylvania’s constitution is a matter of first impression,” wrote Washington County Court of Common Pleas Judge Debbie O’Dell Seneca late last month. “It does not.”......
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