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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 -

Marcellus Shale Update: Energy Remains an Important Electoral Issue Even in “Safe” States Like New York: Law Firm, Attorneys

Flaster Greenberg PC on 10/19/2022

Now less than one month before Election Day, the New York Governor's race is far closer than most had anticipated. Incumbent Democrat Kathy Hochul, who succeeded Andrew Cuomo following his resignation, is being pressed by...more

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - September 2021 #3

Allen Matkins on 9/17/2021

Kern County sues Governor Newsom over oil and gas development permits - Courthouse News Service – September 13 - Kern County, California’s largest oil and gas producing county, claims in a federal lawsuit filed on...more

Pipeline Company Pays $35 Million to Settle Criminal and Civil Environmental Violations for Inland Spill of Oil Drilling Generated...

The Volkov Law Group on 8/25/2021

In a significant environmental crime enforcement action, the Justice Department resolved criminal charges under the Clean Water Act against Summit Midstream Partners LLC, a North Dakota pipeline company that discharged 29...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

2020 Post-Election Analysis: Issue by Issue

Bracewell LLP on 11/17/2020

FIRST 100 DAYS - As President-elect Biden stands poised to assume the office he has aspired to for the past three decades, he inherits a national crisis not unlike the one he stepped into as vice president nearly 12 years...more

Proposed Methanol Manufacturing/Shipping Terminal (Kalama, Washington): Sierra Club Files National Environmental Policy Act...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 11/27/2019

The Sierra Club and several other organizations (collectively “Sierra Club”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington...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

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

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

What Now? U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Post-Election Outlook

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 11/15/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: With a dramatic change from a progressive democratic to a conservative republican administration, we anticipate that EPA is not only likely to pivot away from an enforcement heavy to a more business...more

Hydraulic Fracturing: State Regulatory Roundup Vol. 46

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 5/3/2016

Fracking Insider Readers: We are pleased to bring you Volume 46 of our State Regulatory Roundup, including updates in Colorado, New York, and Pennsylvania. As we explained in earlier volumes, we designed the Roundup to...more

Energy Technology Connections Newsletter: Your Law Firm Link to Industry News - September 2015

Mintz on 9/24/2015

A Note from the Editors - Our September edition of Energy Technology Connections brings you recent industry highlights, the latest news from Capitol Hill, and a list of upcoming energy industry events. In Leaders in the...more

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - August 2015 #3

Allen Matkins on 8/24/2015

Environmental and Policy Focus: Clean Water Act rule faces challenges from both sides - Courthouse News Service - Aug 18: A widely publicized new rule clarifying the definition of ’waters of the United States’ under the...more

From Playa Lakes To Prairie Potholes: Four Things Energy Companies Need to Know About the WOTUS Rule

BakerHostetler on 8/24/2015

Have one or several playa lakes on or near a well pad in the Permian Basin? An access road nearby an ephemeral tributary of the Green River in the Uintah Basin? A pipeline that traverses lands dotted with prairie potholes in...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

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - June 2015 #3

Allen Matkins on 6/19/2015

Environmental and Policy Focus - State Water Contractors accuse California farmers of illegally taking river water: KPCC - Jun 16: The State Water Contractors, an association of 27 public agencies that purchase water...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

Leaked EPA Draft Offers Insight into Upcoming Shale Wastewater Regulations

BakerHostetler on 8/1/2014

The rapid expansion of shale drilling in recent years has brought with it an increase in the wastewater that is generated during the fracking process. One fracking well can produce over one million gallons of wastewater in a...more

Energy Newsletter - May 2014

King & Spalding on 5/7/2014

In This Issue: - Important Case on Subsurface Trespass Pending before the Texas Supreme Court - U.S. Fifth Circuit: The CWA and OPA Preempt State Law Claims for Pollution Incidents on the OCS - Texas...more

Texas Environmental Update

Bracewell LLP on 3/31/2014

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

2014 Top Energy & Environmental Regulatory Issues

Polsinelli on 1/23/2014

In This Issue: - Environmental Protection Agency ..NAAQS ..Tier 3 & 4 Standards ..Stormwater Control ..Hydraulic Fracturing Regulation ..Clean Water Act Expansion ..Renewable Fuels...more

The Criminal Side of Fracking: Individuals and Companies Face State and Federal Criminal Charges related to Handling and Disposal...

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 10/31/2013

On Monday, October 28, 2013, the Clean Water Action national environmental organization (“CWA”) filed a federal civil lawsuit against Waste Treatment Corporation for the alleged illegal disposal of hundreds of thousands of...more

California Environmental Law and Policy Update - April 11, 2013

Allen Matkins on 4/16/2013

Environmental and Policy Focus - ..Court rules CEQA streamlining provision unconstitutional: CourtHouse News - Apr 3 - A section of a California law aimed at streamlining construction projects by moving...more

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