3rd Circuit Says Legislators’ Challenge To Delaware River Basin Fracking Ban Fails

Mealey's (September 21, 2022, 12:21 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A panel of the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that Republican Pennsylvania legislators cannot sue the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) for its moratorium on hydraulic fracturing on grounds that none of them has standing as trustees of Pennsylvania’s public natural resources under the state’s Environmental Rights Amendment (ERA) because the DRBC’s ban on fracking has not cognizably harmed that public trust....