(Bloomberg) -- New York’s cities and towns may soon learn whether they can prohibit fracking for natural gas as the Court of Appeals in Albany considers challenges to the local bans.
The state’s highest court is set to hear arguments today in lawsuits seeking to overturn regulations in two upstate towns barring hydraulic fracturing, which uses chemically treated water to free gas trapped in rock.
If pro-fracking forces prevail, they will still face a six- year-old statewide moratorium. Governor Andrew Cuomo, who inherited the ban, may decide by next year whether to lift it. If the court rules for the towns, the lifting of the state ban may instead leave a patchwork of municipalities across the nation’s third-largest state that allow or block the drilling method.
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