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2nd New York state judge upholds fracking ban in towns
Posted by Reuters: Dan Wiessner on February 26th, 2012
Reuters: A New York state judge on Friday upheld an upstate community's ban on gas drilling, marking the second victory this week for opponents of the drilling method known as fracking.
The authority vested in towns and cities in New York to regulate use of their land extends to prohibitions on drilling, acting state Supreme Court Justice Donald Cerio ruled on Friday, dismissing arguments by a landowner who had already sold leases on almost 400 acres.
"Municipalities are not preempted ... from enacting...
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New York fracking lawsuit could set drilling precedent
Posted by Reuters: Dan Wiessner on September 19th, 2011
Reuters: A lawsuit challenging a small town's ban on natural-gas drilling could have implications throughout New York, where state officials are poised to approve a controversial drilling method known as fracking.
Anschutz Exploration Corporation filed suit on Friday against Dryden, a rural suburb of Ithaca with about 13,000 residents that last month amended its zoning laws to bar all gas drilling within its unincorporated borders.
New York's Department of Environmental Conservation has recommended...