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Related: About this forumNY top court considers local bans on gas drilling
ALBANY, N.Y. New Yorks highest court is expected to decide by the Fourth of July whether municipalities can use local zoning laws to ban shale gas development using hydraulic fracturing within their borders.
The seven-member Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Tuesday in two cases where a midlevel appellate court unanimously concluded last year that state oil and gas law doesnt trump the authority of local governments to control land use.
The challenges have been closely watched by an industry hoping to drill in New Yorks piece of the Marcellus Shale formation and by environmentalists who fear drilling could threaten water supplies and public health.
The industry argues that allowing local bans will create a patchwork of regulation that will prevent effective extraction of gas resources.
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2014/06/04/ny-top-court-considers-local-bans-on-gas-drilling/
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Rhiannon12866
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(203,041 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)His father must be disappointed.
Rhiannon12866
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(71,265 posts)I don't get his politics at all.