South Portland's Ban on Tar Sands Oil Survives Court Challenge

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By Justin MikulkaSep 5, 2018, 12:38 pm389 pts
Read time: 7 mins The City of South Portland, Maine, won a major legal victory at the end of August when a federal judge ruled that the city’s effective ban on tar sands oil did not violate the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The decision, like a similar one in Portland, Oregon, has potentially…

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