[Occupymendocino] PA JUDGE RULES CORPS ARE NOT PEOPLE!!!

Sun May 19 23:53:11 PDT 2013

Check out this article from Positive News (a wonderful newspaper with a companion website.)  A Pennsylvania judge made an historic ruling last month that corporations are not "persons". The ruling was in a case brought by a PA township to ban corporate “fracking” for shale gas. PA townships have also managed to keep out factory farming, sludge dumping, large-scale water withdrawals, and industrial-scale energy projects.
Corporations Banned from Doing Business in Communities Where People Are Taking Action

This precedent-setting work comes from the Community Environmental Defense Fund. Read more about the landmark decision in the anti-fracking case here:
CELDF - A New Civil Rights Movement: Liberating Our Communities from Corporate Control 

There are other articles in Positive News about successful community actions, such as local currency in Bristol (UK), legislation protecting homeowners and consumers from predatory banking institutions in Oregon, service program for San Francisco’s homeless, and building thriving public spaces or commons in Marin.
I picked up a copy of this fantastic newspaper the other day from Downhome Foods. Apparently someone sponsored a bundle (50-60 copies) of these newspapers and donated them to the store. I will be ordering a bundle this week and will try to distribute them among different groups.

Tammy

From: BC Macdonald 
Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 3:08 PM
To: MCTT ; Environment ; Ocean Protection Coalition 
Subject: [Mendocino Coast Transition Towns] Fw: Hydraulic Fracturing Draft Regulations –What Happens Next?

Mendocino Coast Transition Towns 

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Subject: Hydraulic Fracturing Draft Regulations –What Happens Next?

Hydraulic Fracturing Draft Regulations –What Happens Next?

The California Department of Conservation and its Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources conducted five workshops in 2013 to hear public comments on the “discussion draft” of hydraulic fracturing regulations prior to the start of the formal rulemaking process.  During 2012, seven workshops were held to gain public input on hydraulic fracturing.  So, what happens next?  All comments - including those given orally or in writing at the workshops, and electronically through the online comment links located on the Department’s and Division’s Web sites - will be taken into consideration as the process of developing the next draft of the regulations moves forward.  Once the next draft and the required supporting documents are complete, the Department will begin the formal rulemaking process.  These next steps in the rulemaking process are expected to take several months, and the public can continue to submit comments during this time via the Department and Division online links.  There will also be an opportunity for public input during the formal rulemaking process. 

Additional details on many of the important requirements involved in the process can be found on the Department’s and Division’s home pages: 

http://www.conservation.ca.gov/Index/Pages/Index.aspx

www.conservation.ca.gov/dog/Pages/index.aspx

Also:

-A version of the Discussion Draft Hydraulic Fracturing Regulations document is now available with hyperlinks. The hyperlinks provide additional information regarding the content contained in the draft regulations.  Links to both the original and hyperlink versions of the Discussion Draft Hydraulic Fracturing Regulations can be found on the Department’s and Division’s home pages: 

http://www.conservation.ca.gov/Index/Pages/Index.aspx

www.conservation.ca.gov/dog/Pages/index.aspx

-A link to videos of the five 2013 Discussion Draft Hydraulic Fracturing Regulations workshops can be found on the Department’s and Division’s home pages:  

http://www.conservation.ca.gov/Index/Pages/Index.aspx

www.conservation.ca.gov/dog/Pages/index.aspx

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