Contributor Dan Sabbatino provides an update on the third municipality to win a local fracking ban challenge in lower-level court.

Counsel from both sides of an appellate-level hydrofracking case gave credit to a four-judge panel for asking well reasons questions, having a solid understanding of a weighty science-based issue and showing a genuine interest in the topic.

Horizontal, high-volume, hydraulic fracturing is becoming the backdrop for a myriad of legal battles encompassing a number of environmental statutes.