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Judges Hear Fracking Arguments, Mum

The state Court of Appeals in Albany this afternoon listened to arguments pro and con on the legality of Middlefield and Dryden’s fracking ban, but gave no hints as to which way it may go in a case that could determine where potentially lucrative — and potentially hazardous — hydrofracking for gas might happen, Newsday reports.

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