Home Rule Victory in New York! – First NY Appellate Court to Rule that Towns Have Right to Zone Out Fracking.
Daniel Raichel, Legal Fellow, New York
For those keeping score, today’s ruling by the state Appellate Division in the Dryden ...
Home Rule Victory in New York! – First NY Appellate Court to Rule that Towns Have Right to Zone Out Fracking.
Daniel Raichel, Legal Fellow, New York
For those keeping score, today’s ruling by the state Appellate Division in the Dryden ...
NY Home Rule Update: Victory in Avon as Appellate Court Hears Argument in Dryden and Middlefield Cases
Daniel Raichel, Legal Fellow, New York
Last week, the Supreme Court of Livingston County* became the fourth New York court to hold that ...
Fracking Language in Callicoon Comprehensive Plan Rejected by Sullivan County Planning Board
Daniel Raichel, Legal Fellow, New York
Last week, the Sullivan County Planning Board rejected proposed changes to the Town of Callicoon’s ...
Supporting Home Rule Over Fracking in NY: NRDC Files Brief on Behalf of Environmental and Non-Profit Orgs
Daniel Raichel, Legal Fellow, New York
Yesterday, NRDC filed an amicus, or “friend of the court,” brief in the appeals ...
Act 13 Update: PA Public Utility Commission Must “Cease and Desist,” Pay Towns Money They’re Owed
Daniel Raichel, Legal Fellow, New York
Last Friday, the Commonwealth Court ordered the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) to ...
Home Rule Update: Third New York Court Supports Municipal Home Rule – Strikes Down Binghamton Moratorium on Procedural Grounds
Daniel Raichel, Legal Fellow, New York
On Tuesday, Judge Lebous of the Broome County Supreme Court (a New York trial level court) became ...
NRDC Launches Community Fracking Defense Project
Kate Sinding, Senior Attorney, New York City
I am very excited to be able to announce the official launch today of NRDC’s new Community ...
Communities’ Right to Determine Their Own Fracking Future: NRDC Files Brief on Behalf of PA Communities to Defend Zoning Powers
Daniel Raichel, Legal Fellow, New York
Today, NRDC filed an amicus, or “friend of the court,” brief with the Pennsylvania Supreme ...
Food Not Frack: Chefs for the Marcellus Celebrate What’s Great About New York State
Daniel Raichel, Legal Fellow, New York
Chefs fof the Marcellus gather at Brooklyn Winery.
What do you think about when you ...
Victory in PA! – Court Declares Zoning Provisions of Act 13 Unconstitutional.
Daniel Raichel, Legal Fellow, New York
Municipalities across Pennsylvania can breathe a big collective sigh of relief today. That’s ...
By a rate of nearly 2 to 1, New Yorkers think the risks of fracking outweigh potential revenues
Kate Sinding, Senior Attorney, New York City
A report released last Friday by the Cornell University Survey Research Institute summarizing ...
Zoning Ordinance? What Zoning Ordinance?: Chesapeake Disobeys Cease and Desist Order from Pennsylvania Town Zoning Officer
Daniel Raichel, Legal Fellow, New York
Although a recent court order has prevented the portions of Pennsylvania’s new Act 13 poised ...
A friend’s manifesto for free-market sustainability
Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
As many readers have probably noticed, there are those who now ...
Act 13 Litigation Update: Judge Puts A Hold on Portions of Law that Would Eviscerate Local Control
Daniel Raichel, Legal Fellow, New York
Yesterday, Senior Judge Keith Quigley issued an order that prevents those portions of Pennsylvania's new ...
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