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Court Of Appeals: New York Towns Can Ban Fracking
2014-06-30 16:23:00| OGI
On June 30, the Court of Appeals in Albany upheld rulings dismissing lawsuits that challenged bans enacted in the upstate towns of Dryden and Middlefield, Bloomberg reported.
In Huge Defeat for Oil and Gas Industry, Court Rules New York Towns Can Ban Fracking
2014-06-30 10:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Village Voice: Huge news this morning for shale-gas drilling skeptics: the highest court in New York state ruled that towns have the authority to ban oil and gas companies from operating within city limits. Deborah Goldberg, the lawyer who argued on behalf of the town of Dryden, New York, tells the Voice, will have a "huge impact here in New York state and may very well influence similar efforts around the country." In 2011, residents of Dryden passed a zoning ordinance prohibiting oil and gas drilling; Six...
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United Kingdom: Allow fracking in national parks, says Environment Agency chief
2014-06-28 02:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Fracking in national parks should be permitted because the visual impact can be limited when the process is "done properly", the outgoing chairman of the Environment Agency has declared. Chris Smith, who is due to step down from the post next month, waded into the debate over fracking by dismissing the claims of those campaigning against the impact of the controversial drilling at particular sites. "Provided it is done carefully and properly regulated, those fears are definitely exaggerated,"...
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Industry Battles Fracking Foes In Colorado
2014-06-26 12:20:00| OGI
Several local-control initiatives will be on the fall ballot.
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States confront worries about fracking, quakes
2014-06-25 21:59:41| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Earthquakes used to be almost unheard of on the vast stretches of prairie that unfold across Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma.
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