Advocates of Fracking in New York Likened Local Bans to a ‘Kiss of Death’
Advocates say that the state of New York stands to lose any chance of reaping the economic benefits offered by the shale-gas boom if its local governments will be permitted to disallow drilling through zoning ordinances. According to Terry Engelder, a professor of geosciences at Pennsylvania State University, New York sits on the northern rim […]
Fate of Legal Marijuana Industry to Be Placed in the Hands of Missouri Voters in 2012
Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan last fall gave her approval to circulate petitions filed by Show-Me Cannabis Regulation, a political group that has been lobbying for a legal medical pot program in the state of Missouri. The organization has until May 6 this year to show 150,000 signatures in 6 out of 9 congressional […]