Another Home Rule Victory in New York
An intermediate appellate court affirmed two lower court decisions that held that municipalities have the right to exercise their traditional home rule powers to ban fracking within their borders.
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- Protecting Communities from Fracking's Impacts
- posted by Frances Beinecke, 5/25/13
- Fracking Day of Action: May 22 in Albany
- posted by Kate Sinding, 5/21/13
- University of Michigan Study: 58% of Pennsylvanians and 52% of Michiganders Support Fracking Moratorium in Their State
- posted by Daniel Raichel, 5/21/13
- Lessons Learned in the Wake of Sandy: Saving Transit Means Taking the High Ground--Literally
- posted by Theo Spencer, 5/14/13
- A Tale of Two Cities: Energy Efficient Buildings in New York and Hong Kong
- posted by Barbara Finamore, 5/14/13
NY Tweets
- 5/24/2013
- NRDCNY: RT @NRDCFood: BBQ this w/e? Support farmers raising meat w/o #antibiotics & ask ur supermarket managers to stock more alternatives! http://…
- 5/24/2013
- NRDCNY: The #Tesla of garbage trucks could help clean up #urban #air: http://t.co/XowYsoiI5A from @NRDC's Peter Lehner @GOOD. #transportation
- 5/24/2013
- NRDCNY: RT @InhabitatNYC: Olafur Eliasson Brings Pieces of Actual Iceland Glacier to His EXPO 1 Exhibit at MoMA PS1 (PHOTOS) http://t.co/GhI9LPlJVS