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New York Town’s Ban on Gas Fracking Upheld by Judge in First Test of Laws

A central New York town can block natural-gas drilling after a state judge, in the first test of local laws, upheld the Town of Dryden’s ban on hydraulic fracturing.

State Supreme Court Judge Phillip Rumsey in a ruling released yesterday said the town’s zoning amendment on gas drilling wasn’t pre-empted by state law. Denver-based Anschutz Exploration Corp. sued in September, seeking to overturn the ordinance, which bans gas and oil exploration in the town about 200 miles (322 kilometers) northwest of Manhattan.

Wastewater a Key Issue in NY Fracking Debate

(AP)  ALBANY, N.Y. — One of the most contentious issues in the debate over shale gas drilling in New York's share of the Marcellus Shale region — how to handle millions of gallons of contaminated wastewater — remains unsettled. As the state ponders final regulations, environmental advocates say the issue is a glaring gap in preparations.

Anti-fracking advocates send NY water to Pa. town

Advocates trying to keep the natural-gas drilling industry out of New York took clean water Tuesday to a northeastern Pennsylvania village where about a dozen households have been scrambling after a gas driller blamed for polluting the aquifer halted daily water deliveries.

Celebs and Officials Collect Emergency Water for Hydro-Fracking Victims in Pennsylvania

Actor Mark Ruffalo and film director Josh Fox denounced a controversial form of gas drilling this morning at New York's City Hall, where they collected water to bring to 11 Pennsylvania families whose tap water is flammable. Their well water has been contaminated since 2008, when the Houston-based Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. leased their land to use for hydraulic fracturing, or hydro-fracking.

Dimock, Pennsylvania Fracking Controversy: Residents Receive Water From Activists

Environmentalists are setting their sights on a small village in northeastern Pennsylvania and the impact hydraulic fracturing has had on the town. Dimock, Pennsylvania, close to an hour's drive north of Scranton, is home to 11 families who received daily water deliveries for nearly three years, courtesy of Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. State regulators cited Cabot for drilling natural gas wells that allowed methane to enter the local ground water, according to the Associated Press.

Ruffalo Embraces a Role Closer to Home

“This is the cleanest river in the United States, and if they go through with this, it’s going to be a massive industrialization of New York,” he said vehemently. “People have no idea what they’re in for.”

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