Weekly Cases Update Volume 44, Issue 9

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Volume 44, Issue 21

Colorado Oil & Gas Ass'n v. City of Longmont, Colorado
ELR 2016913CV63(Colo. Dist. Ct., )

A Colorado court struck down a city's ban on hydraulic fracturing. In 2012, voters passed an amendment to the city charter that bans fracking and the storage and disposal of fracking waste within city limits. The oil and gas industry challenged the ban, arguing that it was preempted.

Keywords:
Land use, Hydraulic Fracturing
Wallach v. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
ELR 201646773-2013(N.Y. Sup. Ct., )

A New York court dismissed a lawsuit seeking to compel the state to finalize its supplemental EIS on hydraulic fracturing.

Keywords:
Environmental impact statement, Hydraulic Fracturing

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