Full Title: Fracking, Legislation, and the Court
Author(s): Barry Rabe
Publisher(s): Brookings Institute
Publication Date: August 1, 2012
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Description (excerpt):
The ink was barely dry on far-reaching new Pennsylvania legislation to regulate hydraulic fracking practices before a state appellate court recently overturned key provisions as an unconstitutional encroachment on traditional land-use policies.
This ruling serves as a reminder that few governance issues are as contentious as governmental battles over land-use decisions. Federal and state policies that restrict land-use preferences have routinely been assaulted by waves of litigation, many aiming to return authority to private and local hands.