To: The Pennsylvania State House
Local Communities Should Have Control Over Fracking!
Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania
Stop HB 2115, which will undo the PA Supreme Court’s ruling to allow local communities to make their own decisions about shale drilling in their backyards. Local municipalities have the right to decide what is best for their communities.
Why is this important?
Back in December, the PA Supreme Court ruled that local municipalities do reserve the right to decide whether they will allow shale drilling in their communities. This big victory affirmed that the Pennsylvania constitution protects the authority of local communities to regulate or block the drilling companies looking to frack in their backyards.
But last month, Rep. Seth Grove introduced a bill that would overturn that court ruling. In his own words, HB 2115 “will preempt all local ordinances.”
We can’t let this happen. Local communities should have the power to make decisions about their own citizens lives; decisions that will affect public health, the environment and the economy.
But last month, Rep. Seth Grove introduced a bill that would overturn that court ruling. In his own words, HB 2115 “will preempt all local ordinances.”
We can’t let this happen. Local communities should have the power to make decisions about their own citizens lives; decisions that will affect public health, the environment and the economy.