Associated Press: New Yorks top court handed a victory to opponents of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas Monday by affirming the right of municipalities to ban the practice within their borders.
The state Court of Appeals upheld a midlevel appeals court ruling from last year that said the state oil and gas law doesnt trump the authority of local governments to control land use through zoning.
The fracking cases from two central New York towns have been closely watched by drillers hoping to tap into the...