Carbon County, PA
Carbon County, PA is the latest county to join in and support Pennsylvania's Republican State Senators suing the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) over its ban on hydraulic fracturing. In a brilliant move aimed at boxing in the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), two northeastern Pennsylvania State Senators--Gene Yaw and Lisa Baker--along with members of the PA Senate Republican Caucus (27 Senators in all), filed a lawsuit in January against the DRBC accusing the quasi-governmental agency of “taking” the property rights of PA residents without just compensation under the law (see PA Senators Sue DRBC for “Taking” Property re Frack Ban). A group of 16 left-wing PA Democrat Senators filed to “intervene” in the lawsuit (see Court Lets 16 Anti-Drilling PA Senate Democrats Join DRBC Lawsuit). The battle lines are drawn. PA counties are lining up to support the Republicans in the lawsuit.
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