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Fracking is a non-technical term for Hydraulic Fracturing. Fracking or Hydraulic Fracturing is a method for retrieving, otherwise inaccessible, natural gas and petroleum by injecting pressurized fluid and chemicals into underground rock causing fissures. The fissures widen and expand allowing petroleum and gas to escape and flow to areas where it can be retrieved. less -

Energy Could be an Issue in Pennsylvania - If the Republicans Can Run a Campaign

Flaster Greenberg PC on 9/29/2022

Pennsylvania is rapidly becoming the ultimate battleground state in American politics. Famously described by Democratic political operative James Carville as “Philadelphia in the East, Pittsburgh in the West, and Alabama in...more

With The Coronavirus, As With Fracking, Too Much Scientific And Media Conformity Can Lead To Bad Policy

Flaster Greenberg PC on 3/14/2022

In 2008, then acting New York Governor David Patterson ordered a temporary ban on hydraulic fracturing in New York State. His successor, Andrew Cuomo, promised to study the issue. For nearly six years, Cuomo reiterated that...more

As Ukraine Tensions Soar, America's Greatest Weapon Remains Trapped Underground

Flaster Greenberg PC on 1/31/2022

Last week, President Joe Biden warned Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky that a Russian invasion of Ukraine might be imminent. While Zelensky does not seem to share that assessment, full scale war in Eastern Europe seems...more

Marcellus Shale Update: Election 2020 - The Energy Voter Strikes Back

Flaster Greenberg PC on 11/11/2020

The first warning sign that opposition to fracking and fossil fuels might not play well for the Democrats in the 2020 election came in June, when Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro released what he described as a...more

Marcellus Shale Update: Pacific Dreams & Nightmares

Flaster Greenberg PC on 6/3/2019

By a vote of 17-11, the Oregon State Senate last week just passed a five-year moratorium on fracking in that State. The Senate bill cut in half a 10-year moratorium passed in March by the Oregon House of Representatives, but...more

NESE: Governor Cuomo Will Decide – And NYC Will Face The Consequences

Flaster Greenberg PC on 5/1/2019

While little noticed outside of the energy industry, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is about to make one of the seminal decisions of his tenure. Before May 16, 2019, Governor Cuomo must decide whether to allow the New York...more

Marcellus Shale Update: Natural Gas's Dilemma - How to Respond to the National Climate Assessment?

Flaster Greenberg PC on 11/26/2018

On Black Friday, the Trump Administration released Volume II of the National Climate Assessment. Running 1,600 pages, the report is the second volume of the fourth National Climate Assessment, which was mandated by Congress...more

Marcellus Shale: Pre-Election Update

Flaster Greenberg PC on 11/6/2018

Just a day before one of the most consequential elections in a generation, there are fewer major races and ballot initiatives pertaining to shale and hydraulic fracturing than in recent years....more

A Conference, A City & A Tragedy

Flaster Greenberg PC on 11/2/2018

Before the end of each day at last week’s Shale Insight Conference in Pittsburgh, first MSC President Dave Spigelmyer and then WVONGA President Anne Blankenship warned the attendees to take off their conference badges once...more

Marcellus Shale Update: Depoliticizing Middle East Oil Dependence through Increased Production of U.S. Shale

Flaster Greenberg PC on 10/12/2018

While America was transfixed with the sordid spectacle of the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, the news that really can have international impact was playing out in Istanbul, Turkey. On Thursday its ramifications began...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - October 2018

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 10/5/2018

China's Provinces are Secretly Building Coal Plants in Defiance of the National Government - "CoalSwarm, a global network of researchers tracking fossil-fuel infrastructure, analyzed satellite imagery as of July 2018, and...more

Marcellus Shale Update: The DRBC and the Limits of Administrative Agency Power

Flaster Greenberg PC on 9/28/2018

There are two lessons from the petition by Pennsylvania State Senators Lisa Baker and Gene Yaw and Senate President Pro Tempore Joseph Scarnatti to intervene on behalf of a Wayne County landowner in his challenge to new rules...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - September 2018 #2

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 9/14/2018

As Storm Looms, 4th Circuit Reverses Ruling Against Dominion on Coal Ash Pollution at Chesapeake Site - "Water pollution from a coal ash landfill and settling ponds at a closed power plant in Chesapeake is not a violation of...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - June 2018 #3

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 6/30/2018

Judge Boots the Global Warming Cases of San Francisco and Oakland Against Oil Companies - "In a 16-page order, U.S. District Judge William Alsup granted the motions to dismiss from the five targeted companies - Chevron,...more

Paradigm Shift: Hydraulic Fracturing, Shale Development and Energy Abundance

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 10/22/2015

As is commonly held by energy sector experts, the game-changing development of the shales and the resurgence of natural gas as a virtually new, huge, versatile, long-term fuel, with a shrinking environmental footprint, is...more

Hydraulic Fracturing: State Regulatory Roundup Vol. 45

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 10/6/2015

Fracking Insider Readers: We are pleased to bring you Volume 45 of our State Regulatory Roundup, including updates in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Texas. As we explained in earlier volumes, we designed the Roundup to provide...more

The Shale Play Today - July 2015

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 7/10/2015

In This Issue: - Northeast Natural Energy, LLC Making History for the Future of Energy: Entrepreneurs are a special breed. The good ones have that special blend of vision, timing and risk tolerance most others lack....more

Reported Relationship Between Indoor Radon Concentrations and Unconventional Marcellus Shale Drilling Must Be Interpreted With...

King & Spalding on 5/19/2015

Johns Hopkins researchers recently published a paper titled, "Predictors of Indoor Radon Concentrations in Pennsylvania, 1989-2013," in Environmental Health Perspectives. The study reported the results of a mathematical...more

From the Ohio River to the Marcellus and Utica Hydraulic Fracturing Sites – Company to Build Pipeline for Water Transport

BakerHostetler on 8/16/2013

As oil and gas companies across the country face increasing pressure to decrease their use of fresh water for fracking operations, new and innovative solutions are sought....more

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Energy Could be an Issue in Pennsylvania - If the Republicans Can Run a Campaign

With The Coronavirus, As With Fracking, Too Much Scientific And Media Conformity Can Lead To Bad Policy

As Ukraine Tensions Soar, America's Greatest Weapon Remains Trapped Underground

Marcellus Shale Update: Election 2020 - The Energy Voter Strikes Back

Marcellus Shale Update: Pacific Dreams & Nightmares

NESE: Governor Cuomo Will Decide – And NYC Will Face The Consequences

Marcellus Shale Update: Natural Gas's Dilemma - How to Respond to the National Climate Assessment?

Marcellus Shale: Pre-Election Update

A Conference, A City & A Tragedy

Marcellus Shale Update: Depoliticizing Middle East Oil Dependence through Increased Production of U.S. Shale

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - October 2018

Marcellus Shale Update: The DRBC and the Limits of Administrative Agency Power

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - September 2018 #2

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - June 2018 #3

Paradigm Shift: Hydraulic Fracturing, Shale Development and Energy Abundance

Hydraulic Fracturing: State Regulatory Roundup Vol. 45

The Shale Play Today - July 2015

Reported Relationship Between Indoor Radon Concentrations and Unconventional Marcellus Shale Drilling Must Be Interpreted With...

The Shale Play Today - December 2014

Leaked EPA Draft Offers Insight into Upcoming Shale Wastewater Regulations

Are Oil and Gas Producers Protecting the Environment?

The Shale Play Today - May 2014

The Shale Play Today - January 2014

Pa. Litigation Update

From the Ohio River to the Marcellus and Utica Hydraulic Fracturing Sites – Company to Build Pipeline for Water Transport

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