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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 -

MoFo’s State + Local Government Enforcement Newsletter - August 2024

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 8/14/2024

Morrison Foerster’s State and Local Government Task Force is pleased to provide our bimonthly newsletter summarizing some of the most important and interesting developments from state attorneys general across the country and...more

Ohio Supreme Court Holds Equipment Used in Fracking Exempt from Use Tax

Blank Rome LLP on 8/18/2023

The Ohio Supreme Court, reversing the Board of Tax Appeals, held that various items of equipment used in providing fracking services were directly used in the production of oil and gas and, consequently, were exempt from Ohio...more

New Mexico’s Oil & Gas Industry Faces Opposition With Potential Ban On Freshwater Use

Opportune LLP on 2/4/2021

It appears that New Mexico’s state government is continuing to move in the direction of environmentalists and away from oil and gas operators. However, New Mexico enjoys significant revenue from the production of oil and gas,...more

Ohio sales / use tax: Statute expanding oil & gas exemption applies retroactively to purchases of hydraulic fracturing equipment

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC on 12/31/2019

The Tenth District Ohio Court of Appeals recently applied a statutory amendment clarifying the oil & gas exemption for Ohio sales & use tax retroactively. Interestingly, while this appeal was pending at the Board of Tax...more

2019 Connecticut Environmental Legislative Update No. 6

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 2/1/2019

Say what you will about our elected representatives – they are not short on concepts for new laws. What accounts for this inexhaustible fecundity? Perhaps the fundamental principle of the legislative universe that we call the...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - November 2018 #2

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 11/9/2018

U.S. to Give Eight Nations Oil Waivers Under Iran Sanctions, Official Says - "The U.S. has agreed to let eight countries - including Japan, India and South Korea - keep buying Iranian oil after it reimposes sanctions on the...more

Colorado Proposition 112 – More Fuss

Gray Reed on 11/2/2018

Any semblance of objectivity on the subject of the day is expressly disclaimed. This post contains distressing words, such as “oil and gas”, “fracking” and “jobs” that could cause severe emotional reactions in sensitive...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 - August 2018 #4

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 8/24/2018

Activists Have a New Strategy to Block Gas Pipelines: State's Rights - "It already has worked in New York where construction on the Constitution Pipeline has stalled. Now activists are trying the strategy in Oregon." ...more

In Colorado, Ballot Initiatives Are Back in Full Force

Snell & Wilmer on 6/14/2018

As primary season for midterm elections gets underway, so too does canvasser season. In Colorado alone, canvassers are out in full force and looking to get enough voter signatures for a number of different initiative statutes...more

Connecticut 2018 Environmental Legislative Update - End of Session Wrap-Up Report

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 6/1/2018

Passed Bills: Significant 2018 Environmental Public Acts - PA 18-82: Climate Change and Resiliency - This act on climate change planning and resiliency contains four principal elements: adoption of a Connecticut-defined...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - May 2018 #4

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 5/26/2018

FERC Won't Consider Big Climate Change Effects in Pipeline Reviews - "FERC's three Republican commissioners issued the surprise ruling as part of an otherwise routine decision on a pipeline upgrade proposed by the utility...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - May 2018

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

In Cities v. Fossil Fuels, Exxon's Allies Want the Accusers Investigated - "Now two industry-friendly groups are turning the tables and asking the SEC to investigate the cities and counties for possible fraud." Why this...more

Newsletter: Environmental Law Update

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 3/5/2018

Throughout Connecticut’s legislative session, these updates highlight developments concerning environmental law and policy. The author prepares updates as Legislative Liaison of the Connecticut Bar Association’s Environmental...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

How the President’s Executive Order Will Affect U.S. Oil, Natural Gas and Coal Industries

Perkins Coie on 4/14/2017

President Donald Trump’s recently signed Executive Order on Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth (the Order) includes significant revisions to the regulatory landscape both (1) directly in the case of oil and...more

Maryland 2017 Environmental Legislative Agenda Set

Beveridge & Diamond PC on 3/13/2017

March 6 marked the final day for the introduction of bills in the Maryland General Assembly without a rules suspension. Below are highlights of environmental or related public health bills under consideration in the Maryland...more

The Saga of Pennsylvania's Act 13 Comes to an End

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 9/30/2016

With a bang, rather than a whimper, the saga of Pennsylvania’s Act 13 appears to have finally come to an end. On September 28, 2016, nearly three years after giving teeth to the long-dormant environmental rights amendment to...more

Looks Like Frack is Back, Governor Abbott Signs House Bill 40

Jackson Walker on 5/27/2015

Yesterday, Governor Gregg Abbott signed into law House Bill 40, also known as the Denton Fracking Bill, which leaves municipalities with minimal power to regulate the oil and gas industry. The bill takes effect immediately...more

New Mexico Federal Court Frames The Issues That Will Define Future Fights Over Local Fracking Regulation

BakerHostetler on 2/20/2015

On January 15, 2015, the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico became the first federal court to address questions related to the scope of local governments’ ability to regulate oil and gas development...more

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