Legislation Status: Passed

Topics: Fossil Fuels

Date of Legislation: 1/2013

Decided By: Board Vote

Legal Language 1: https://web.archive.org/web/20150520233118/http://www.celdf.org/downloads/Highland_Township_Community_Rights_and_Protection_from_Injection_Wells_Ordinance_010913.pdf

Press Release 1: http://readthedirt.org/highland-township-adopts-community-bill-of-rights-that-bans-toxic-injection-wells

Organizing Group 1: Pennsylvania Community Rights Network

CELDF: https://celdf.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Susquehanna_Spring_2014.pdf

Community Rights News: https://celdf.org/2016/11/pr-youngstown-residents-unshakable-determination-look-ahead-next-community-bill-rights/

Direct Link to this Entry: https://communityrights.us/community-rights-ordinances/highland-township-pennsylvanias-community-rights-and-protection-from-injection-wells-ordinance/