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Illinois towns see jobs ahead in medical marijuana
2014-07-12 19:30:21| Apparel - Topix.net
Mayor Liz Skinner of Delavan, a town of 1,700 in central Illinois, talks about the annexed property optioned by Joliet-based ICC Holdings as a possible site for a marijuana cultivation center, Friday, July 11, 2014.
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Work begins on wall for 2 Sandy-devastated towns
2014-07-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Two wealthy New Jersey shore towns that were among the hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy nearly two years ago began building a 4-mile-long steel wall Thursday, an expensive effort that the state says is needed to protect the communities but that some residents and environmentalists oppose. State and local officials watched Thursday morning as the work began where the Atlantic Ocean tore through the sand and cut a channel into Barnegat Bay on the other side of the barrier island the communities share,...
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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