July 3, 2014

NY Communities Triumph Over Fracking Industry In Precedent-Setting Case

Victory: As NY high court rules towns can zone out oil and gas operations, trend spreads to other states
By Chris Jordan-Bloch, Earthjustice, June 30, 2014

Local communities have triumphed over the fracking industry in precedent-setting case decided today by …

February 25, 2014

Exxon CEO joins lawsuit against fracking infrastructure

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes interviews Josh Fox in a report on a lawsuit filed by Exxon Mobil Chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson, along with his neighbors in a wealthy suburb of Dallas, to keep fracking infrastructure out of his own backyard. …

May 2, 2013

Appeals Court Says NY Towns Can Ban Fracking

Court rules unanimously in favor of towns of Dryden and Middlefield
By Jon Campbell, Politics on the Hudson, May 2, 2013

A mid-level appeals court on Thursday said local governments in New York can ban hydraulic fracturing and shale-gas drilling …

August 22, 2012

PA Act 13 Injunction Granted

PA Act 13 municipal zoning and setback waivers for gas and oil well placement are null, void and unenforceable until the PA Supreme Court’s decision on the Commonwealth’s appeal of the July 26 decision. Municipalities do not have to make
April 16, 2012

PA Court Issues Injunction to Stop Onset of Portions of Act 13

The Court’s order ensures that zoning ordinances dealing with oil and gas operations remain in effect and are not immediately pre-empted by Act 13 on April 14, 2012.
By Delaware Riverkeeper Network, April 11, 2012

Seven municipalities and the Delaware

March 3, 2012

Local Governments: Rights and Powers Review

Mary Jo Long, Esq.

Introduction:

I am going to talk about the legal rights and powers of local government with respect to gas drilling in their communities. First, I am going to review 2 NY Court decisions that were made …

February 25, 2012

Win in Middlefield, NY!

Lawsuit against Town of Middlefield over fracking ban is dismissed.

The lawsuit filed against the Town of Middlefield by a large landowner seeking to overturn an ordinance banning hydraulic fracturing (gas drilling) has been dismissed by the State of New …

February 21, 2012

New York Judge Rules Town Can Ban Gas Hydrofracking

MIREYA NAVARRO, NEW YORK TIMES

In August, Dryden’s Town Board used its zoning laws to pass a drilling ban, one salvo in a battle that is playing out nationwide as energy companies move to drill in densely populated areas. A …

January 16, 2012

Pa. towns demand local oversight of fracking firms

DAVID HATCH, The Daily

Times are tough in northeast Pennsylvania, where rural townships are nestled in the valleys of the Endless Mountains and the Poconos. The economic casualties include Exeter Township, a tiny community wedged between two mountains along the …

October 21, 2011

Model Ordinance Amending a Municipal Zoning Ordinance: Gas And Oil Well Sites

JORDAN YEAGER & VINCENT J. MAGYAR, JR., CURTIN AND HEEFNER LLP

This Model Ordinance was written to assist towns and municipalities in crafting their local zoning ordinances with the correct legal language and information on Pennsylvania local law pertaining to …

October 1, 2011

To What Extent Can Municipalities Regulate Natural Gas Operations?

Robert H. Feller, Esq., Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

A great deal of attention has been devoted recently to the potential to exploit hard-to-extract natural gas resources from a formation known as the Marcellus Shale. With the use of a …

August 24, 2011

Loyalsock Township tables Shale gas zoning ordinance

Kristen Nuss, Sun Gazette

It was standing room only at the Loyalsock Township building Tuesday night as the supervisors held a public hearing regarding a proposed amendments to the township’s zoning ordinance.

The amendments, which were tabled by the supervisors …

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