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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 -

PA GOP Can’t Crack Anti-Frack

Goldberg Segalla on 9/22/2022

The Delaware River Basin Commission (“DRBC”), the first government-and-state joint venture in river basin planning since the birth of the nation, itself, won a substantial—but narrow—victory on Friday when the 3rd Circuit...more

Colorado Drilling Project Stopped in its [F]racks!

Goldberg Segalla on 5/26/2022

On May 19, 2022, a Colorado federal district court judge, the Honorable Marcia S. Krieger, issued an opinion and order remanding action, preventing—for now, at least—an expansive fracking plan in Western Colorado from going...more

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - October 2021 #3

Allen Matkins on 10/15/2021

California appellate court overturns Monterey County fracking ban - Courthouse News Service – October 12 - A California appeals court on Tuesday set aside a Monterey County measure banning hydraulic fracturing, or...more

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - April 2021 #5

Allen Matkins on 4/30/2021

Governor Newsom moves to ban hydraulic fracturing by 2024 - NPR – April 23 - Governor Gavin Newsom announced plans last Friday to ban hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking, by 2024 as part of a longer-term...more

Delaware River Basin Commission Converts Fracking Moratorium into Permanent Ban

Morgan Lewis - Power & Pipes on 3/8/2021

The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) on February 25, 2021, approved a new regulation formally prohibiting high-volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF), or fracking, in the Delaware River Basin. The final rule makes permanent...more

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - February 2021 #3

Allen Matkins on 2/19/2021

State senators introduce bill to ban hydraulic fracturing in California by 2027 - San Francisco Chronicle – February 17 - State Senators Scott Wiener and Monique Limon have introduced a bill that would halt the...more

Department of Energy Predicts Substantial Impact From Fracking Ban

Morgan Lewis - Power & Pipes on 2/15/2021

The US Department of Energy submitted a report to the president last month on “Economic and National Security Impacts under a Hydraulic Fracturing Ban.” This 80-page report analyzed the effects of a hypothetical United States...more

2021 Brings A New Approach to Environmental Issues: The Biden Agenda

Baker Donelson on 1/21/2021

With the 2020 election over and Joe Biden declared the winner, dramatic changes are expected in a number of significant national policies, perhaps most dramatically in the area of the environment. Immediately upon being sworn...more

Marcellus Shale Update: A 2020 Voters Guide To Energy Policies On The Ballot Nationwide

Flaster Greenberg PC on 11/2/2020

...Every two years at election time, I publish a guide to the most interesting and important races around the country affecting energy. In 2020, however, energy, along with the coronavirus, is the election. Originally...more

Independent Oil and Gas Producers Defeat Attempt to Revive Obama-Era Hydraulic Fracturing Regulations

BakerHostetler on 4/3/2020

On March 27, 2020, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted summary judgment on behalf of BakerHostetler clients Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) and Western Energy...more

Quantifying The Impact Of A Fracking Ban On The US Oil & Gas Industry

Opportune LLP on 3/5/2020

Let's be frank. The institution of a fracking ban would simply be bad policy for the U.S. oil and gas industry. In quantifying this position, I want to highlight a paper that was published in January by Michael Lynch of the...more

The Latest Fracas over Fracking: Legislation Aims to Ban Fracking

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 2/12/2020

Last week, a subset of the Democratic Senators and Representatives who previously led the introduction of the “Green New Deal” proposed legislation that, while a longshot, would alter dramatically the U.S. energy industry....more

Release of Implementation Plan in response to independent scientific panel inquiry into hydraulic fracture stimulation in Western...

Hogan Lovells on 10/30/2019

On 8 July 2019, the Western Australian State Government (State Government) announced that it had released a new Implementation Plan (Plan). The 18-month transitional Plan is the State Government's response to the Final...more

2019 Connecticut Environmental Legislative Update No. 2

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 1/22/2019

Welcome to our Environmental Legislative Updates. Throughout Connecticut’s legislative session, these updates highlight developments concerning environmental law and policy. The author prepares updates as Legislative...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - December 2018 #2

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 12/15/2018

Revised Definition of "Waters of the United States" - Proposed Rule - "The agencies' proposal is the second step in a two-step process to review and revise the definition of 'waters of the United States' consistent with...more

Colorado’s Anti-Fracking Measure: What’s At Stake for Future Oil & Gas Production?

Opportune LLP on 10/19/2018

On Aug. 29, 2018, the office of Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams announced that a setback measure for oil and gas development made the November ballot. The measure, if passed, would mandate that new oil and gas...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - September 2018 #4

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 9/28/2018

Iran's Latest Terrorist Attack Matters More than OPEC's Latest Meeting, RBC's Croft Says - "Oil market attention was focused on an OPEC meeting in Algeria this weekend, but it was Saturday's terrorist attack in an oil-rich...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 - April 2018 #3

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 4/20/2018

An Interview with Bill Raney, President of West Virginia Coal Association - Nick Preservati, Co-Chair of Spilman's Energy Practice Group, recently sat down with Bill Raney, President of the West Virginia Coal Association...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - February 2018 #2

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 2/9/2018

Oil World Turns Upside Down as U.S. Sells Oil in Middle East - "Yet, in a trade that illustrates how the rise of the American shale industry is upending energy markets across the globe, the U.A.E. bought oil directly from...more

Draft Regulations Issued That Could Ban High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing in the Delaware River Basindrill

Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/4/2017

In draft rules issued last week, the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) proposed to ban high-volume hydraulic fracturing (the practice known as fracking) for the extraction of oil and natural gas in the Delaware River...more

Maryland to Join List of States Banning Hydraulic Fracturing

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 4/4/2017

New York and Vermont have both banned the controversial drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Maryland is on the verge of joining that list....more

Fracking, Earthquakes and Civil Authority

Zelle LLP on 1/3/2017

In last week’s post, we discussed the rapid development of the hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) industry in the United States, and some of the innate risks presented by those operations. In particular, the post focused on a...more

Energy in Transition: Trump Announces Additional Cabinet Nominees

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/16/2016

President-Elect Donald Trump announced this week three new cabinet nominees who will certainly influence U.S. energy policy at home and abroad. This alert is intended to update clients on the President-Elect's nominees and...more

UPDATE: Extreme Anti-Fracking Measures Fail to Make Ballot in Colorado

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 8/30/2016

Two anti-fracking ballot initiatives that were pushed by a group calling itself “Coloradans Resisting Extreme Energy Development” have failed to make the November ballot, the only two initiatives that failed to qualify of the...more

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