Home New South Portland tar sand rules honor voters intent
 

Keywords :   


New South Portland tar sand rules honor voters intent

2014-07-10 23:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Portland Press Herald: Last year, South Portland residents faced a tough, up-or-down vote. The citizen initiated Waterfront Protection Ordinance would effectively ban the use of the local harbor to export oil derived from Canadian tar sands, but it also had the potential to ban much more. It was a classic pitfall of direct democracy which demands a yes-or-no answer to a complex question, often written entirely by one side of the debate. As written, the ordinance could have been used to limit imports as well as exports,...

Tags: south rules honor portland

Category:Electronics and Electrical

Latest from this category

All news

»
27.11topps now psa10
27.11 THE ORAL CIGARETTES SUCK MY WORLD
27.11 E
27.113DS .SD()
27.11181
27.11YAMAHA KUSHITANI LL
27.11tsnomi.com
27.11
More »