By Carter Hall—November 20, 2014 at 11:03 a.m. On June 30 of this year the Court of Appeals of New York issued its final ruling in Wallach v. Town of Dryden, holding that municipalities in New York State have the authority to exclude hydraulic fracturing from their borders through zoning.[1] Although the case hinged upon the interpretation of a New York statute with no reach … [Read more...] about Wallach v. Town of Dryden and Local Control of Hydraulic Fracturing
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Mapping Fracking: An Analysis of Law, Power, and Regional Distribution in the United States
By Benjamin E. Apple This Note posits a framework with which to analyze U.S. fracking development at local and regional scales. It aims to illuminate the ways in which three legal regimes — private rights, public government regulation, and local government law — influence the interactive dynamics between local and regional actors, which in turn determine the distribution of … [Read more...] about Mapping Fracking: An Analysis of Law, Power, and Regional Distribution in the United States
Fracking, PA: The legal, the political, and the negotiable
By Ben Apple -- Sept. 4, 2013 at 12:02pm There’s a battle over fracking in Pennsylvania—but it’s probably not the one you’ve heard about. For years now, the future of Pennsylvania’s fracking development has hung in the balance as seven municipalities remain locked in litigation with the Commonwealth over the constitutionality of Act 13, an oil and gas statute that radically … [Read more...] about Fracking, PA: The legal, the political, and the negotiable
“Fugitive” natural gas emissions on the run from the law
By Samantha Caravello -- Aug. 13, 2013 at 12:52pm Natural gas is being widely lauded as the “bridge fuel” that will allow the United States to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, kick its addiction to foreign oil, and create jobs to boot. But it’s worth taking a closer look at the impacts of natural gas production before getting comfortable with the idea of it as the … [Read more...] about “Fugitive” natural gas emissions on the run from the law