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Judge Tosses Suits Challenging Fracking Delay in New York
2014-07-16 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Poughkeepsie Journal: A state judge on Monday blocked attempts to force Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration to decide whether to authorize large-scale hydraulic fracturing. Acting Supreme Court Justice Roger McDonough of Albany County tossed a pair of lawsuits Monday afternoon, ruling that a group of upstate landowners and the bankruptcy trustee for a defunct oil-and-gas company lack the authority to bring the legal challenge. The Binghamton-based Joint Landowners Coalition of New York and Mark Wallach, the trustee...
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