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Court Rules That New York Towns Can Ban Fracking
2014-06-30 16:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: In a precedent-setting case decided today by the New York Court of Appeals, local communities have triumphed over the fracking industry. The court ruled that the towns of Dryden and Middlefield can use local zoning laws to ban heavy industry, including oil and gas production within municipal borders. Today the Court stood with the people of Dryden and the people of New York to protect their right to self determination. It is clear that people, not corporations, have the right to decide how their...
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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Ex-BP executive can be charged with obstructing Congress: U.S. court
2014-06-30 09:23:23| Energy - Topix.net
A U.S. federal appeals court has reinstated a criminal charge of obstruction of Congress against a former BP Plc executive accused of downplaying the severity of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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Ex-BP executive can be charged with obstructing Congress: U.S. court
2014-06-30 00:59:43| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A U.S. federal appeals court has reinstated a criminal charge of obstruction of Congress against a former BP Plc executive accused of downplaying the severity of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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