Environmental Impact Report, Fracking

California Environmental Law and Policy Update - April 17, 2013

by David D. Cooke, Emily L. Murray, Sandi L. Nichols | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 4/18/2013

Environmental and Policy Focus - California needs to bolster regulation of fracking, report says: Los Angeles Times - Apr 12 - California needs to strengthen regulation of hydraulic fracturing, according to a UC...more

BLM Fails to Review Fracking Impacts of Oil & Gas Leases in California

by Allison Davis | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 4/16/2013

The U.S. District Court in San Jose recently found that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) failed to adequately review the environmental impacts of fracking on four oil and gas leases it recently auctioned off in the...more

New York State Assembly Votes to Extend Hydraulic Fracturing Moratorium

by Scott Bent | BakerHostetler on 3/15/2013

The New York State Assembly voted on March 6 to suspend the issuance of drilling permits for high-volume hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus and Utica formations until May 15, 2015. The vote came as the state’s de facto...more

Environmental Groups Claim Further Environmental Review Needed to Address Fracking Impacts

by Earl L. Hagström | Sedgwick LLP on 3/5/2013

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

California Environmental Law and Policy Update - February 21, 2013

by David D. Cooke, Emily L. Murray, Sandi L. Nichols | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 2/22/2013

In This Issue: Environmental and Policy Focus - California holds second auction of carbon credits; Doubts voiced on fracking oversight at California hearing; BLM sued over Solar Energy Zones; Plan to remove bike...more

Fracking Decision in New York Delayed Once Again

by Dirk Haarhoff | Sedgwick LLP on 2/20/2013

In late December 2012, we reported that the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) was in the process of preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) regarding well permits for extracting oil and natural...more

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

DEC Commissioner Suggests SGEIS May Be Delayed...Again

by Patrick Fitzgerald, Thomas Puchner | Phillips Lytle - Renewable Energy on 2/11/2013

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (“DEC”) Commissioner, Joseph Martens, spoke to legislators about his agency’s 2013-2014 budget on Monday. During the sometimes-feisty hearing, legislators peppered...more

Hydraulic Fracturing: New Developments in Water Disposal Reuse and Recycling

by Jackson Walker on 2/1/2013

In This Presentation: • Water Consumption & Reuse Projections • Regulatory Overview – Federal: UIC exempton/EPA Study – State: RRC MOU/Rule Proposals • Property, Ownership, and Common Law Issues • Earthquake...more

California Environmental Law and Policy Update - January 10, 2013

by David D. Cooke, Emily L. Murray, Sandi L. Nichols | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 1/11/2013

In This Issue: Environmental and Policy Focus - Supreme Court rejects Ninth Circuit ruling on County of L.A. storm water discharges; Federal judge halts major Lake Tahoe ski resort expansion; Lawsuit seeks to stop Rose...more

The Dirt Report: October 2012 -- Environmental Claims Reach New Depths Over Hydraulic Fracking

by Sedgwick LLP on 11/5/2012

In October 2012, the Sierra Club and a number of other environmental groups filed a lawsuit to force the California Department of Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) to prepare an environmental...more

Baldwin Hills Fracking Study Shows No Environmental Impacts

by K. Eric Adair on 10/13/2012

On October 10, 2012, Cardno ENTRIX (Cardno) released its much-anticipated report studying the effects of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” in the Inglewood Oil Field, located in the Baldwin Hills area of Los Angeles...more

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