This article originally appeared in the Bradford Era on October 3, 2017.
Highland Township’s controversial home rule charter has been stripped of its oil and gas provisions by a federal judge. … The saga over oil and gas rights in Highland Township has been ongoing for several years. In 2013, at the urging of Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, the township enacted a community bill of rights. The bill was an effort to stop Seneca Resources from placing an injection well within a half mile of the township’s water source. MORE…