Local Opposition Stymies Franklin Park Fracking Plan

For Immediate Release

This evening, the Franklin Park Borough Council voted down a proposal to sign a lease that would allow Penn Energy to frack Linbrook Park.

Food & Water Watch Western Pennsylvania Liaison Doug Shields issued the following statement:

“Residents of Franklin Park got organized, spoke up, and got results. The plan to frack Linbrook Park was unpopular and unwise, and citizens were able to send that message to a council that had tried to shut them out of the decision-making process. The next step will be to pass a new zoning ordinance that protects the community from fracking.

“This was a great lesson in how local democracy should work, and how an informed citizenry must be involved in the drilling decisions that municipalities are confronting across Pennsylvania.”

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