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A ‘Ray’ Of Hope For Fracking Legisation This Year

March 13, 2017

Tags: Florida, Fracking, local control, state preemption

Health News Florida Jim Ash March 10, 2017- The House Majority Leader says there’s a chance a hydraulic fracturing bill could pass the Florida Legislature this year. Representative Ray Rodrigues of Fort Myers  opposes a statewide ban by Republican Senator Dana Young of Tampa, but he says it contains the …

Plastic bag debate moves to State Capitol

March 8, 2017

Tags: local control, Minnesota, Plastic Bag Ban, state preemption

KARE News John Croman March 7, 2017- ST. PAUL — The plastic bag debate has moved to the State Capitol, as Republican lawmakers move to stop the City of Minneapolis from banning plastic bags in retail stores. Than ban goes into effect June 1, and also features a 5-cent per …

Judge to decide soon whether to shut down quarry

March 8, 2017

Tags: Agriculture, Environmental protection, EPA, Ohio, Preemption

Sandusky Register Tom Jackson March 7, 2017- PORT CLINTON — Lawyers for the Ottawa County prosecutor and for a quarry in Benton Township clashed Tuesday over whether a judge should shut down operations at the Rocky Ridge Quarry in Benton Township. Common Pleas Judge Bruce Winters told lawyers at the …

State Wrecks NYC’s Plastic Bag Fee Law & Bashes Home Rule

February 22, 2017

Tags: local control, New York, New York City, Plastic Bag Ban, Preemption, state preemption

NRDC Eric A. Goldstein February 17, 2017 New York City’s 2016 break-through law that established a five cent fee on single use plastic (and paper) grocery bags so as to encourage shoppers to switch to reusables has been toppled in Albany. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed an ill-advised …

Local GOPers go after plastic bag ban – again

February 16, 2017

Tags: Environmental protection, Kentucky, local control, Plastic Bag Ban, Preemption, state preemption

Courier-Journal James Bruggers February 15, 2017 If you are Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer or an environmental advocate you might be looking at the latest legislative effort to meddle in public policy in Kentucky’s largest city as if it were a monster that just doesn’t seem to die. Dracula? Chucky? Michael …

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