Battle Over Fracking That Could Harm Delaware River Set For Court
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A much-watched battle over the future of the moratorium on fracking that could threaten the Delaware River will happen in the courts.
Prior to the final rule being approved, State Sen. Gene Yaw, a Republican from Lycoming County, and State Sen. Lisa Baker, a Republican from Luzerne County, and the Pennsylvania Senate Republican Caucus filed a lawsuit in federal lawsuit seeking to stop the ban by claiming that DBRC does not have authority to regulate fracking.
State Sen. Steve Santarsiero, a Democrat from Lower Makefield, and other state Democratic senators were granted permission from a judge recently to file a motion to intervene in the Yaw v. Delaware River Basin Commission lawsuit.