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On May 12, 2016, U.S. EPA finalized amendments to the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the oil and natural gas source...
Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Clean Water Act, Energy, Environment,
The U.S. Energy Information Administration released revised maps showing the structure, thickness, and geologic setting of the...
Tags: Ohio, Oil and Gas, Energy, Utica
A number of environmental groups have filed suit against the USEPA, alleging that the agency failed to update its rules for the...
Tags: Oil and Gas, U.S. EPA, Energy
Despite formal disapproval by Pennsylvania House and Senate Committees, the Commonwealth's Independent Regulatory Review...
Tags: Marcellus, Energy, Pennsylvania
This entry is a follow-up to our blog post on February 23, 2016 regarding the Sixth Circuit's decision that it has jurisdiction...
Tags: WOTUS, Clean Water Act, Energy, Environment
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania recently sided with a lessee in a class action royalty dispute. In Hall v. CNX Gas Co., LLC,...
Tags: PA, Oil and Gas, Energy
The Pennsylvania Superior Court recently held that a sublease of production rights under 250 acres in Greene County did not alter...
Tags: PA, Oil and Gas, "Oil and Gas Lease", Energy
On March 4, 2016, the Ohio Seventh District Court of Appeals in Summitcrest, Inc. v. Eric Petroleum Corp., et al., addressed...
Tags: Ohio, Oil and Gas, Energy
On February 22, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that it - not the federal district courts across the...
Tags: WOTUS, Energy, Environment
On February 9, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an emergency stay barring the implementation of U.S. EPA’s Clean Power Plan....
Tags: Energy, Environment
You can expect to find news and breaking legal developments involving the crude oil and natural gas industries, alternative and renewable energy resources, and the latest environmental issues.
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