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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 -

Speculative Report Opens PFAS Front Against Fracking

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 7/29/2021

On July 12, 2021, Physicians for Social Responsibility (“PSR”) issued a highly speculative report that raised concerns about a chemical approved by the EPA in 2011 for use in hydraulic fracturing fluid that “might” degrade...more

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - May 2021 #4

Allen Matkins on 5/28/2021

State issues proposal to ban hydraulic fracturing - The Bakersfield Californian – May 24 - California oil regulators last Friday publicly released a draft rule that would ban hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as...more

Wrap-Up of Federal and State Chemical Regulatory Developments, June 2015

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. on 6/17/2015

EPA Denies Petition To Ban Triclosan: On May 13, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) denied a petition submitted in January 2010 by Food & Water Watch and Beyond Pesticides seeking to ban triclosan, an...more

Toxic Tort & Product Liability Quarterly Volume 7, Number 3

Beveridge & Diamond PC on 7/28/2014

PREEMPTION - Supreme Court Says CERCLA Does Not Preempt Repose Defense for Tort Claims - The U.S. Supreme Court has put to rest a longstanding legal question affecting the deadline for plaintiffs to bring toxic tort...more

EPA's NY/NJ EPCRA Sweep Points to Broader Enforcement Effort

Bracewell LLP on 6/6/2014

Last week's announcement by the US EPA of EPCRA violations at 17 facilities comes as part of the Agency's heightened scrutiny of chemical storage facilities in the aftermath of the West, Texas explosion and the Charleston,...more

Texas Environmental Update - January 2014

Bracewell LLP on 1/22/2014

We are pleased to provide you with this issue of Bracewell's Texas Environmental Update, offering the latest news about permitting, enforcement, regulatory developments, and other matters of interest to the regulated...more

Fracking Continues to be Target of Regulators and Environmental Groups

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 9/20/2012

Even a cursory review of relevant news stories today reveals that hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) is one of the most hotly debated subjects in the energy sector. Both environmentalists and regulators are keeping concerns...more

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