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Political wrestling over fracking in Pennsylvania

Posted Tue, 2012/07/03 - 9:22am by RCAP

From iWatch News by The Center for Public Integrity:

Local leaders sue for right to control location of gas wells

When Pennsylvania passed a state law that stripped local authority over where potentially hazardous natural gas wells could be drilled, cities and townships decided to take matters into their own hands.

Political wrestling over fracking in North Carolina

Posted Tue, 2012/07/03 - 9:17am by RCAP

From the Charlotte [North Carolina] Observer:

Perdue vetoes fracking bill; GOP accuses governor of 'flip-flop'

Gov. Bev Perdue vetoed legislation on Sunday [July 1] that would have paved the way for North Carolina to drill for natural gas through a water and chemical intensive process known as fracking. It is the Democratic governor’s third veto of major Republican-backed legislation — all in the past four days.