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The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) on February 25, 2021, approved a new regulation formally prohibiting high-volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF), or fracking, in the Delaware River Basin. The final rule makes permanent a drilling moratorium imposed by the DRBC in 2010.
In a
release announcing the ban, the DRBC declared that the hydraulic fracturing ban was imposed “to control future pollution, protect the public health and preserve the waters of the Basin” for uses outlined in the DRBC’s Comprehensive Plan and Water Code. The DRBC further noted that it considered public comments following publication of the draft regulation, along with “additional scientific and technical literature and reports, studies, findings and conclusions of other government agencies on the impacts of HVHF on water resources.”
Election reform or voter suppression? | Opinion
Updated Mar 06, 2021;
By Mark S. Singel
In a recent documentary, Theresa Borroughs from Alabama recounted her efforts to register to vote in the late 1940s. Twice a week for two years she travelled to her local courthouse. Each time, she was met with a new eligibility test. Could she pass a literacy test? Did she own any property? How many red jelly beans are in a jar?
It was the “Jim Crow” South and politicians did not even try to hide their disdain for African American voters. These citizens were beaten and killed, poll taxes were imposed, literacy tests were concocted, and anyone with any criminal record was denied the vote. The fact is that Blacks often found themselves in jail on the flimsiest of charges and the criminal justice system conspired with politics to keep them away from the polls.
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The plastics preemption provision is being challenged by Philadelphia and the other municipalities on Constitutional grounds.
The lawsuit cites Article 21, Section 7 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, which states, [t]he people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania s public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.
The lawsuit also claims the manner in which the legislature passed the plastics preemption provision violated the state Constitution.