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10. You can see wind turbines along the PA Turnpike somewhere between Breezewood and Pittsburgh nt

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Faced With a Fracking Giant, This Small Town Just Legalized Civil Disobedience [View all] pmorlan1 May 2016 OP

I wonder if we will see more of these? northernsouthern May 2016 #1

That sucks pmorlan1 May 2016 #2

the township sweetapogee May 2016 #6

PA managed to avoid that. malthaussen May 2016 #14

In Pennsylvania, North Dakota and many other states, fracking >> radiation sometimes Baobab May 2016 #31

Brilliant. A model to follow. nt zentrum May 2016 #3

Don't worry EdwardBernays May 2016 #4

+1000000 SammyWinstonJack May 2016 #9

Yup! Plucketeer May 2016 #16

They could partner up with Clean Coal... That would be doubleplusgood. Glassunion May 2016 #37

she cant, WTO demands it be reregulated en toto- our european friends must be liberated from russia- Baobab May 2016 #42

and the TPP - hopemountain May 2016 #23

TTlP will preempt local fracking BANs at the supranational level- Wonder if this will work to preven Baobab May 2016 #30

clearly stated and understood, baobab - hopemountain May 2016 #36

*they wont tell people* They will create state laws that ban local laws and try to replicate the FTA Baobab May 2016 #40

thank you for the links! hopemountain May 2016 #41

Almost nobody in government at all levels evens knows they are doing this stuff- at all.. Baobab May 2016 #43

wow. reminds me of hopemountain May 2016 #47

The group who is active in my community pushed for that... MrMickeysMom May 2016 #5

Well which do they want right now, fracking or coal? There are no windmills in this area. Jitter65 May 2016 #7

But there ARE wind turbines in Pennsylvania... MrMickeysMom May 2016 #8

You can see wind turbines along the PA Turnpike somewhere between Breezewood and Pittsburgh nt LiberalEsto May 2016 #10

Yes, we see them all the time... MrMickeysMom May 2016 #20

geothermal is available everywhere because the temps a few feet down are 55ish all the time Baobab May 2016 #32

Excellent point... MrMickeysMom May 2016 #34

Here you go! Looks like the mean underground temperature in Florida is around 72-79 degrees F. Baobab May 2016 #35

Fracking because they want to export the natural gas to asia Baobab May 2016 #45

penn state u is working for fracking interests in that it certainot May 2016 #21

Excellent advice, certainot... MrMickeysMom May 2016 #22

just to add- the licensing revenue from those stations is probably miniscule certainot May 2016 #25

Do you have a link? baran May 2016 #11

Here's a link dpibel May 2016 #12

Thanks pmorlan1 May 2016 #15

Why does the article not link to the ordinance? malthaussen May 2016 #13

This works ONLY IF everyone in the town is engaged in and supporting the civil disobedience. MadDAsHell May 2016 #17

Our small town really came together to fight a Kinder Morgan CO2 Lobos pipeline womanofthehills May 2016 #18

Novel. Thinking out of the box. Probably not the last time we'll see this in the coming years Jack Rabbit May 2016 #19

PA has laws that forbid doctors from telling poisoned kids laserhaas May 2016 #24

Number one, that is the reason sorefeet May 2016 #28

The doctors are not turning a blind eye... They are the ones fighting the law. Glassunion May 2016 #38

Where is HRC on that issue, I would like to know? Baobab May 2016 #33

they are pushing the big gagging - INTERNATIONALLY - for 48 countries - in big trans atlant1c deal Baobab May 2016 #44

It is so sick..they refuse to tell Congressmen & Senators laserhaas May 2016 #46

super oldandhappy May 2016 #26

Civil disobedience may save us all! Silver_Witch May 2016 #27

Seems to me that this would be a violation of the First Amendment. Nye Bevan May 2016 #29

Outstanding news. Thank you,pmorlan1. n/t Judi Lynn May 2016 #39