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By Greg Russell On February 28, 2013

PA: Industry Emissions Down

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has issued a news release reporting that air emissions from...


Tags: Marcellus, Energy, Environment

By Greg Russell On February 16, 2013

OH: General Air Permit Modifications Available for Comment

Ohio EPA has made draft model general permits for Oil and Gas Well Site Production Operations and Unpaved Roadways and Parking...


Tags: Energy, Environment, Utica

By Greg Russell On February 7, 2013

PA: DEP Finalizes Revisions to General Air Permit

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has announced that it has finalized certain revisions to a general air...


Tags: Energy, Environment

By Greg Russell On January 12, 2013

What the Regulators Are Saying About Hydraulic Fracturing

We thought you might be interested in this collection of some of the statements regulators have made about hydraulic fracturing...


Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, Energy, Environment

By Kristin Watt On January 10, 2013

NPDES Discharge Permit Not Needed for Discharges of Pollutants from Unimproved to Improved Portions of the Same Waterway

On January 8, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a discharge of polluted water from an improved (concrete lined) portion of a...


Tags: Environment

Environmental Groups File Ozone Petition with U.S. EPA
By Greg Russell On December 31, 2012

Environmental Groups File Ozone Petition with U.S. EPA

On December 19, 2012, a number of environmental groups filed a petition with U.S. EPA seeking, among other things: 1. A "broad...


Tags: Air Quality, Environment

By Greg Russell On December 30, 2012

U.S. EPA Releases Update on HF Study

U.S. EPA has released an update on its hydraulic fracturing study outlining the work currently underway. You can find a copy of...


Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, Energy, Environment

By Kristin Watt On December 16, 2012

Ohio Supreme Court Rules on Civil Penalties for Air Permit Violations

The Ohio Supreme Court recently decided a case involving the appropriate method for determining civil penalties for air permit...


Tags: Environment

By Kristin Watt On December 14, 2012

First Oil and Gas Producer GHG Enforcement Case

A California oil and gas producer recently settled USEPA’s first enforcement case for greenhouse gas (“GHG”) permitting...


Tags: Environment, GHG

By Greg Russell On December 3, 2012

MIT: Emissions Study

A new MIT study finds that fugitive emissions from natural gas shale production has been overstated: "A new study by MIT...


Tags: Energy, Environment, GHG

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