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Future of USEPA Compliance Orders at Issue . . .

Earlier this week the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a major environmental case, Sackett v. EPA. The arguments...


Tags: Environment

By Kristin Watt On January 12, 2012

Clean Ohio Funding Update

The Clean Ohio Assistance Fund (COAF) has announced that it is no longer accepting applications for grant funding (under $300K)....


Tags: Brownfields, Environment

By Greg Russell On January 12, 2012

NY SGEIS Update

We've reported previously on the Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS) issued by New York (see here,...


Tags: Marcellus, Energy, Environment, Utica,

By Greg Russell On January 12, 2012

An Ohio Shale Success Story

Bloomberg is reporting that a Youngstown steel mill is re-opening its doors due to increased demand for pipe used in the...


Tags: Marcellus, Energy, Utica, Shale

By Greg Russell On January 12, 2012

That's Not Right ...

The NYT is reporting that transportation fuel companies paid an estimated $6.8 million last year in penalties for failing to...


Tags: Energy, Environment

Ohio's new industrial activity storm water general permit went into effect January 1, 2012. If you have an existing industrial...


Tags: Storm, Water, Stormwater, Environment

By Greg Russell On January 9, 2012

"Shale Game"

That's the name of a new article in City Journal reporting on shale development in New York. A sample: "With more and more...


Tags: Marcellus, Energy, Utica, Shale

By Greg Russell On January 9, 2012

Good News for Ohio!

Despite low natural gas prices, the Zanesville Times-Reporter observes that Utica development in Ohio should continue: "[T]he...


Tags: Marcellus, Energy, Utica, Shale

By Greg Russell On January 8, 2012

Mining Frac Sand

The Chicago Sun-Times has an interesting article on a growing debate involving the mining of frac sand in the Midwest and the...


Tags: Energy

Ohio remains in the running for a natural gas processing plant that Shell plans on constructing in the northeast, according to...


Tags: Marcellus, Energy, Utica, Shale

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