Comments on: WV Supreme Court Says Some Drilling Regulations Predate the Gas Boom and Need Updating https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2012/11/26/wv-supreme-court-says-some-drilling-regulations-predate-the-gas-boom-and-need-updating/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mary Catherine May https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2012/11/26/wv-supreme-court-says-some-drilling-regulations-predate-the-gas-boom-and-need-updating/#comment-29842 Mary Catherine May Thu, 02 May 2013 06:55:12 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=6837#comment-29842 The surface land owners in West Virginia, the rural residents of the various counties, as well as the families in small and mediums size communities have very little legal protection against the rights of mineral owners underneath the land. And, consider that huge corporations with large legal staff are the lease holders to develop these minerals. Plus, the huge corporations have banded together for the most part, to present an air tight legal assault, even if their operations are not "air-tight." Where are our Legislators when we need them. Why isn't the Governor concerned about the people, those of us who live above ground! They act as agents of the mineral extraction corporations. The surface land owners in West Virginia, the rural residents of the various counties, as well as the families in small and mediums size communities have very little legal protection against the rights of mineral owners underneath the land.

And, consider that huge corporations with large legal staff are the lease holders to develop these minerals. Plus, the huge corporations have banded together for the most part, to present an air tight legal assault, even if their operations are not “air-tight.”

Where are our Legislators when we need them. Why isn’t the Governor concerned about the people, those of us who live above ground! They act as agents of the mineral extraction corporations.

]]> By: Duane Nichols https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2012/11/26/wv-supreme-court-says-some-drilling-regulations-predate-the-gas-boom-and-need-updating/#comment-14256 Duane Nichols Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:32:30 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=6837#comment-14256 See also the interesting description of this case on surface owner rights by Ken Ward in the Charleston Gazette, perhaps the best newspaper for state wide coverage:   http://wvgazette.com/News/201211260142 See also the interesting description of this case on surface owner rights by Ken Ward in the Charleston Gazette, perhaps the best newspaper for state wide coverage:
 
http://wvgazette.com/News/201211260142

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