Ordinances
Rights-Based Local Laws Drafted By The Legal Defense Fund
The Local Laws and Draft Ordinances linked to on this page are samples intended for discussion and organizing community campaigns; they are not intended as legal advice, nor should they be used in your community without consulting with the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund. The good news: our consultations are free of charge.
Pittsburgh's Community Protection from Natural Gas Drilling Ordinance
Mountain Lake Park, Maryland Community Rights Fracking Ban
West Homestead, Pennsylvania Community Rights Gas Extraction Prohibition
Town of Wales, New York Community Protection of Natural Resources
Baldwin, Pennsylvania Community Protection from Natural Gas Extraction Ordinance
Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania Community Protection from Natural Gas Drilling Ordinance
Forest Hills Borough's Community Rights and Protection from Natural Gas Exploitation Ordinance
State College Borough's Community Bill of Rights Home Rule Charter Amendment
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The communities being sued for their attempts to regulate or prohibit gas drilling and fracking are the ones that adopted non-rights-based ordinances. They base their ordinances on state regulatory law and receive the blessings of municipal solicitors that the ordinances are legal. And when the corporations sue, the laws are stacked on behalf of the corporations: violations of their constitutional and civil rights. The corporations win. The communities lose.
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