Q. Does the Act 13 ruling ban fracking in Pennsylvania? A. No. The Act 13 ruling allows municipal governments to return to their status prior…
Pennsylvania’s Act 13 – Fracking
On December 19, 2013, the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court found much of Act 13 unconstitutional. CELDF issued a press statement and FAQs
Press Release: Statement on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Ruling that Parts of Act 13 are Unconstitutional
“This ruling, while welcome, does not stop fracking of Pennsylvania’s communities, nor does it recognize the right of the people of Pennsylvania to govern their…
The Bradford Era: Earthquakes elicit Elk County opposition to proposed injection well
Elk County Commissioners speak out against fracking injection wells.
Press Release: Pennsylvania Community Rights Network (PCRN) Seats Founding Board of Directors
Declaring that the legitimate foundation of government is the right to local self-governance, the Pennsylvania Community Rights Network reviewed bylaws and officially launched the organization…
PA Community Rights Workshop – State College, PA, June 14th – 15th.
Residents are beginning to coalesce around the idea of pushing for a community-controlled sustainable energy planning process that includes enforcement teeth. CELDF has drafted ordinances…
CELDF Statement: A New Civil Rights Movement: Liberating Our Communities from Corporate Control
A Pennsylvania Judge Holds That Corporations Are Not “Persons” Under the Pennsylvania Constitution.
Highland Township Retains Law Firm to Defend Injection Well Ordinance
Highland Township, PA, Board of Supervisors vote unanimously to retain CELDF to help defend their "Community Rights Protection from Injection Wells Ordinance" against Seneca Resources.
Fracking Scare Tactics in Highland
Update on pending lawsuit in Highland Township, PA, where supervisors recently passed a Community Bill of Rights to ban fracking injection wells - excerpt from…
WeArePowerShift.org: Matt Damon’s “Promised Land”: The Good, Bad, and Misrepresented
Alexander Lotorto reviews Matt Damon's movie Promised Land, in part praising its bringing attention to the issue of shale gas drilling and fracking, while critiquing…
Public Herald: Just Say ‘No’ — Locals Ban Frack Waste in Pa.
On January 9, 2013, in otherwise quiet Highland Township in Elk County, Pennsylvania, officials signed a community rights bill into law stopping the deposit of…
Why the Recent Act 13 Decision Won’t Help to Stop Fracking
How Environmental Groups Keep Leading Communities into Dead-Ends.
Alliance for Sustainable Communities: The Importance of Being Radical
As an activist in Easton, there is one crucial challenge I have encountered in trying to engage residents in any cause, regardless of the issue.…
Philadelphia Inquirer: Op/Ed by CELDF’s Ben Price – Fracking spurs a municipal mutiny in Pennsylvania
Not content to leave Pennsylvania communities with any control over gas drilling within their borders, state legislators have stripped municipalities of their zoning authority under…
Marcellus Protest 2011: November 18th – Power to the People, Not the Corporations
Be part of something big. Something really big! Plan to join us on November 18th in State College, PA at the Penn State University campus…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Peters council opposes proposed drilling regulations
Less than a week after residents in Peters overwhelmingly voted to reject a ban on Marcellus Shale gas drilling, council members passed a resolution opposing…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Election showed fracking’s key role in region
Right up to Election Day, Peters residents were receiving sleek fliers in the mail encouraging them to vote against a referendum to ban gas drilling…
Philly.com: Pittsburgh suburb: No to drill ban
By a ratio of more than 4-1, voters in an affluent Pittsburgh suburb said natural-gas drilling could go on in their township. In Tuesday's general…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Who knows best: On drilling, Republicans sell out on local control
Republicans often say they are advocates of local control, repeating bromides such as "the people know better than the politicians or bureaucrats." But not when…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Bid to ban drilling in Peters is defeated; voters in State College succeed
Despite the work of a very determined group of citizens, a referendum banning Marcellus Shale gas drilling was overwhelmingly defeated Tuesday in Peters, Washington County....A…
Real Clear Politics: Upscale Pittsburgh suburb rejects drilling ban
By a margin of more than four-to-one, voters in an affluent Pittsburgh suburb say natural gas drilling can go on in their township. In Tuesday's…
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