Posted on 06/30/2014 7:36:58 AM PDT by Olog-hai
New York’s 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 affirmed a midlevel appeals court ruling from last year that said the state oil and gas law doesn’t trump the authority of local governments to control land use through zoning. […]
The court in a 5-2 decision stressed that it did not consider the merits of fracking, but only the “home rule” authority of municipalities to regulate their land use. The court said the towns of Dryden and Middlefield both acted properly. …
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And New York’s economy continues its slide. I swear these northeast politicians and judges think they know what’s best for the people but as usual they have no clue.
This is stupid. I’m sure there will now be a ‘no fracking’ law in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and the Bronx. Just for show..................
And all of Texas laughed.
New York and my state, Californicator Land, continue to vote for the Greens and the big sponsors of the Greens, the Opecker Princes.
When Isis destroys the Opecker Princes, the rest of America should refuse to send any oil or gas to the green left wing states. Let them drill for their own damn oil and gas.
This is fine...
let the town board answer to the voters for this, rather than have Andy Cuomo’s lapdog legislature ban it state wide.
If town X wants to ban it...And town Y wants to have fracking I don’t see what’s the problem. Let town X sue town Y over if they don’t like it. But this clearly is a municipal issue.
Thank God my land has been fracked and is producing.
Pennsylvania must be laughing pretty hard as well.
They should chenge the name of their state to New Dork
And eastern Ohio nods its head approvingly...
LOL.
Have you ever lived in a HOA? I agree that the cities should be able to keep fracking out of the city limits. One reason is there are too many places where gas can gather in a city versus an open field. What I do on my property should not affect you on your property.
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