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......
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New York fracking lawsuit could set drilling precedent
Posted by Reuters: Dan Wiessner on September 19th, 2011
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