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By Greg Russell On August 20, 2011

New Aggregation Claims

On July 21, 2011, Citizens For Pennsylvania’s Future (“CPF”) filed a lawsuit against Ultra Resources, Inc. (“Ultra”) in the...


Tags: Marcellus, Air, Energy, Environment,

Earth Justice Files Citizen Petition Under TSCA
By Kristin Watt On August 17, 2011

Earth Justice Files Citizen Petition Under TSCA

Earth Justice recently filed a citizen suit petition under TSCA asking the USEPA to regulate the chemical substances and mixtures...


Tags: Oil, Gas, TSCA, Environment

By Kristin Watt On August 8, 2011

Initial Great Lakes Restoration Investments Handed Out in Ohio

USEPA announced today the first grants awarded under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. . . with $4.5 million awarded to...


Tags: Initiative, Great, Restoration, Lakes,

By Greg Russell On August 6, 2011

Shale Hit Piece Illustrates Classic Problems of Anonymous Sourcing

So says the NYT public editor about yet another NYT article on the dangers associated with U.S. shale production: "In the article...


Tags: Energy, Environment

By Greg Russell On July 18, 2011

Fort Worth Air Study

We've reported previously on studies of air emissions from natural gas sites in the Fort Worth, TX, area (see here, e.g.).The...


Tags: Energy, Air Quality, Environment

By Kristin Watt On July 13, 2011

House Will Consider Bill to Rein in EPA to "Restore Balanced Federal-State Regulatory Partnership"

We all will likely be reading and hearing more about a US House Bill (H.R. 2018) coming before the full House for a vote - the...


Tags: Clean Water Act, Environment

By Kristin Watt On July 12, 2011

New ASTM Standard Related to Continuing Obligations for Contaminated Properties

ASTM has issued a new standard dealing with Continuing Obligations for contaminated properties -- what to do after a Phase 1...


Tags: Environment

Changes Coming to Hazardous Waste Exemption for Recyclables
By Kristin Watt On July 11, 2011

Changes Coming to Hazardous Waste Exemption for Recyclables

USEPA has announced that it will revoke part of a Bush era RCRA hazardous waste exemption for recyclables. If you took advantage...


Tags: Environment, RCRA

By Greg Russell On July 3, 2011

NY Preliminary Revised Draft SGEIS

The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NY DEC) has released a series of documents related to its Preliminary...


Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, Marcellus, Energy, Environment,

By Greg Russell On June 30, 2011

NYT: This Must Hurt

This has got to hurt. After all of the efforts by one of its reporters to mischaracterize hydraulic fracturing as an...


Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, Marcellus, Energy, Environment,

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