Highland Township, PA, residents urge their Supervisors to defend their community and fight Seneca Resources as the energy corporation files a federal lawsuit to overturn their Community Bill of Rights banning fracking injection wells. The ordinance was adopted by the township in 2013 to protect their water.
Highland Township plans to fight injection well lawsuit in federal court
Kane resident Chris Stovic, left, speaks to Highland Township supervisor Jim Wolfe, right, after a meeting of the board Monday. Minutes earlier, the supervisors voted unanimously to fight a natural gas driller's lawsuit in federal court seeking to overturn a municipal ban on underground injection wells. Also pictured is township supervisor Paul Burton, at center.