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Rhiannon12866

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Wed Jun 4, 2014, 11:48 PM Jun 2014

NY top court considers local bans on gas drilling

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s 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 doesn’t trump the authority of local governments to control land use.

The challenges have been closely watched by an industry hoping to drill in New York’s 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/

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NY top court considers local bans on gas drilling (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jun 2014 OP
I hope they ban it forever. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #1
So do I! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2014 #2
I think the governor is waiting for the election to be finished and he will lift the ban. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #3
That seems awfully dishonest to me. Rhiannon12866 Jun 2014 #4
Well Cuomo is not exactly honest anyway. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #5
I was hoping he'd get advice from his father, only makes sense. Rhiannon12866 Jun 2014 #6
If Cuomo thinks he can run for president he is dreaming. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #7
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