From the Sylva Herald
By Quintin Ellison
Sylva town leaders on July 17 became the second local government in Jackson County to officially condemn fracking.
When it comes to force of law, the resolutions have none. The state’s decision earlier this summer to open North Carolina to fracking stripped local governments of the right to oppose the technology.
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