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Will City of Pittsburgh Stand Up to Toxic Trespass?
Nov 28 2011"From the Findings and Intent of the ordinance we read, “The City Council of Pittsburgh possesses the authority to establish policies that protect the rights of the community. That authority includes the right to make laws that declare the involuntary intrusion of corporate-produced, mined, transported, processed and disposed-of chemicals, toxins, brines, radioactive and other harmful materials into the bodies of City residents and ecosystems of the community a form of trespass. The human and natural communities of Pittsburgh possess inalienable rights, including the right not to be trespassed upon, the right to a healthy environment, and other rights enumerated in the laws of this City, the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Constitution of the United States of America (as well as rights not enumerated) and the people possess the power and authority to enforce the laws of their City that protect these rights."There's more…
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Forest Hills Council Unanimously Adopts Community Rights Ordinance That Bans Gas Drilling
Oct 20 2011(Wednesday, October 19, 2011) By a unanimous vote, the Borough Council of Forest Hills, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, voted to adopt a Local Bill of Rights, along with a prohibition on natural gas extraction to protect those rights.There's more…
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Turning Occupation into Lasting Change
Oct 12 2011http://www.celdf.org/turning-occupation-into-lasti...
Turning Occupation into Lasting Change
Posted by Thomas Linzey and Jeff Reifman on October 11th, 2011
How Pittsburgh, Spokane and other communities can point the Occupy
movement towards elevating rights for people and nature over corporate
rights
The history of populist uprisings like Occupy Wall Street isn’t aThere's more…
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Peters Township Citizens Prevail: Local Bill of Rights and Fracking Ban to Appear on Ballot
Oct 04 2011(Monday, October 3, 2011) Washington County Judge Paul Pozonsky turned down a request by Peters Township Council to bar a referendum question from appearing on the ballot in November that, if approved by the voters, would create a local Bill of Rights and ban fracking.There's more…
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Pittsburgh City Council Votes to place Community Bill of Rights and Ban on Gas Extraction on the Ballot in November
Aug 02 2011
On Monday, August 1st, Pittsburgh City Council, by a vote of 6-3, approved the placing of a referendum question on the November ballot that will allow City residents to amend the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter.There's more…
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Wilkinsburg Borough Council Unanimously Adopts Community Rights Ordinance That Bans Gas Drilling
Jul 21 2011
Yet another town in Allegheny County bans fracking!There's more…
Community-Rights Ordinance Prohibiting Natural Gas Extraction Adopted in Baldwin Borough
Jun 23 2011
June 21, 2011 -- The Borough of Baldwin has passed by a 5-1 vote a community-rights oriented ban ordinance, prohibiting the commercial extraction of natural gas from within the borough limits.There's more…
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DEMOCRACY: How will we repair it? Community Rights!
Mar 21 2011DEMOCRACY: Where did it go? How will we repair it? DEMOCRACY SCHOOL.There's more…
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Mountain Lake Park, Maryland Adopts Community Rights Ordinance That Bans Drilling for Natural Gas
Mar 04 2011(Thursday, March 3, 2011) Mountain Lake Park in Garrett County, Maryland has joined Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in adopting unanimously a Community Bill of Rights that also “removes legal powers from gas extraction corporations within the Town.”There's more…
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A Public Forum on the Environmental Impact of Marcellus Shale Drilling and Fracking
Clarion University will host “A Public Forum on The Environmental Impact of Marcellus Shale Drilling and Fracking” on Feb. 28 from 7:30-9:30 p.m. in Hart Chapel. The program is sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences and the Society of Collegiate Journalists.There's more…
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