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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: 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

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

Colorado House Passes Fracking Measure, Supports More Local Input Over Projects

Holland & Knight LLP on 2/13/2018

The Colorado legislature took an important step toward solidifying greater community-control leverage over fracking operations via HB18-1071, introduced by State Rep. Joe Salazar (D-Adams) in January 2018. The bill would...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

Two Bureau of Land Management Regulations on Life Support Under President Trump

Jones Day on 3/25/2017

The Trump Administration has signaled its intent to pull the plug on two rules issued by the U.S. Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") in 2015 and 2016. Legal and legislative developments over the next...more

Mineral-Related Bills Pending Before Oregon Legislature

Stoel Rives LLP on 2/7/2017

The Oregon Legislature’s 2017 session officially kicked off last week. A variety of mineral-related bills have been introduced. Here are some of the ones to follow...more

House Votes to End Crude Oil Export Ban

King & Spalding on 11/5/2015

On October 9, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 261-159 to end the 40-year-old ban on the export of domestic crude oil. The bill has been sent to the Senate for consideration, where it is unclear if it will be passed....more

House Votes to Lift US Crude Oil Exports Ban

Morgan Lewis on 10/13/2015

The latest effort to repeal the export ban faces an uncertain future as it heads to the Senate. On October 9, the US House of Representatives voted 261-159 to lift the decades-old ban on US crude oil exports. The bill,...more

Ending the Crude Oil Export Ban

King & Spalding on 10/5/2015

On September 17, the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed a bill to end the 40-year-old ban on the export of domestic crude oil. The Committee vote was passed by a Republican majority, with three Democrats adding their...more

Independent Study on California Fracking Released

Stoel Rives LLP on 7/17/2015

The California Council on Science & Technology (“CCST”) recently released its Independent Study of well stimulation in California. The report was prepared for the California Natural Resources Agency in response to Senate Bill...more

NC Politics in the News

McGuireWoods LLP on 4/22/2015

Members of the North Carolina General Assembly had a full schedule last week, considering bills on everything from repealing the state’s cumbersome Map Act to voiding a law which required teachers to write Personal Education...more

Meanwhile in Texas … Who Should Decide About Fracking?

Gray Reed on 1/28/2015

Rep. Phil King has introduced two bills relating to fracking. House Bill 539 would add requirements for municipalities that propose petitions or ordinances that will affect oil and natural gas production. The Bill would...more

2015 Texas Legislative Session Includes Twin Bills Concerning Municipal Fracking Bans

BakerHostetler on 1/23/2015

With the opening of the 84th Session of the Texas Legislature on January 13, 2015, two of the more closely watched bills in the energy arena will be House Bill 539 (HB539) and House Bill 540 (HB540). HB539, filed on December...more

To Fracture or Not to Fracture, That Is the Question in Florida

BakerHostetler on 12/5/2014

Using one line to get to the heart of the matter, on December 2, 2014, two Florida senators filed a bill aimed to ban fracking throughout the state. Senate Bill 166 defines hydraulic fracturing as the process of pumping...more

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