Fracking has been around for 50 years. If the locals can ban this...then they can ban anything. How about....no fishing on our shores.
All power should flow upward, that’s for sure. Centralize, centarlize, centralize.
This is something that should definitely have to get permits from the town or city where it's happening. It's hard enough trying to get government officials to not allow things that benefit them but hurt their communities. Anything that takes control of use of property further from the people is a bad thing.