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News & Analysis as of May 21, 2013

Environmental Groups Say Further Environmental Review Needed to Address Fracking Impacts

by Matthew Francois | Sedgwick LLP on 2/14/2013

In a case pending in the Northern District of California, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club recently urged a federal judge to rule that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) violated the National...more

Informational Meeting For DEP Contracting Procedures

by John D. Delahanty, Matthew D. Manahan | Pierce Atwood LLP on 2/4/2013

Our Government Relations and Environmental & Land Use Practice Groups would like to share with you an important notice from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. Informational Meeting for DEP Contracting...more

Editorial: Work For Smart Development

by Howard Nelson | Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP on 2/4/2013

The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity is a relatively new state agency designed to ensure the continued growth and development of the region without hurting the preservation of our state's precious natural resources....more

New York Wind Development at a Crossroads

by Javid Afzali on 12/1/2012

Article discusses the future of wind power in New York State....more

Massive San Diego Desalination Plant Takes Major Step Forward

by Peter Bauman - Senior Associate at Tharpe &... on 10/18/2012

The San Diego County Water Authority (SCWA) has negotiated a proposed agreement with a private developer under which it will purchase at least 48,000 acre-feet of desalinated water per year for 30 years, from a Carlsbad...more

Legal links of interest for the week ending October 5, 2012

by Steven Getman on 10/5/2012

Steven Getman: Legal links of Interest for the week ending October 5, 2012 Attorney Steven Getman reports on a number of stories about the law and lawyers in the news this week: Judge rejects birth mother & gives...more

Recent Developments in DOD’s Renewable Energy Programs

by Reed Smith on 8/16/2012

While August is generally quiet in Washington, D.C., so far this month, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has made progress on two on-going efforts to secure power from renewable energy facilities, and has initiated a...more

Ukraine announce PSA tenders for Skifska and Foroska offshore oil and gas blocks

by Vitaliy Radchenko on 5/30/2012

On 23 May 2012 the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (CMU) adopted two Resolutions on Holding Tenders for the Award of Production Sharing Agreements (PSA) for the Extraction of Hydrocarbons within the Foros and Skifska Areas...more

Could your public property be sitting on a shale fortune?

by Ice Miller LLP on 8/9/2011

A recent surge of newspaper articles, along with abundant content from oil and gas industry websites and blogs, indicate that there is growing potential for major natural gas and oil production from the Marcellus and Utica...more