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Helping Clients With Their Energy and Environmental Needs

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has announced that it is proposing new rules to amend the air emissions...


Tags: Air, Energy, Environment

By Greg Russell On August 4, 2010

Gulf Update

The NYT has several article on the Deepwater Horizon spill that may be of interest: One, most of the oil that is believed to have...


Tags: Energy

By Greg Russell On August 3, 2010

Major Energy Legislation

Congress is considering legislation that would have a substantial impact on both onshore and offshore production activities in...


Tags: Energy

U.S. EPA is continuing its review of how it regulates emissions from oil and natural gas facilities. The latest step, public...


Tags: Energy, Environment

U.S. EPA has denied multiple petitions challenging its finding that climate change is based on sound science, according to this ...


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U.S. EPA has released an interim guidance document on how to incorporate environmental justice issues into its rulemaking...


Tags: Environment

We've mentioned before that the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is likely to have an impact on onshore E&P operations. Some...


Tags: Energy

By Greg Russell On July 27, 2010

PA Preemption Decision

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in Penneco Oil Company, Inc. v. The County of Fayette, Pennsylvania, recently affirmed a...


Tags: Energy

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has just released a new study on the economic benefits of producing the Marcellus Shale...


Tags: Marcellus, Energy

By Greg Russell On July 25, 2010

EPA Frac Study Update

U.S. EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is seeking public recommendations of technical experts to assist in...


Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, Energy, Environment

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