Judge Rejects Binghamton's Fracking Ban

New York Times: A court has struck down a moratorium on natural gas drilling in Binghamton, N.Y., yet both sides are claiming victory. Binghamton, in Broome County, is among dozens of municipalities that have enacted bans and moratoriums blocking high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a gas extraction process that is under consideration by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's administration. Two previous court decisions have upheld the rights of municipalities to determine whether to allow fracking within their borders...

URL: http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/judge-rejects-binghamtons-fracking-ban/
Enclosure: http://www.nycourts.gov/courts/6jd/broome/supreme.shtml#proceedings