Signed by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, HB 3328 becomes effective September 1, 2011, requiring operators to disclose the chemicals used...
Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, Energy, Environment
The Supreme Court issued its ruling today in the long-awaited climate change nuisance suit. The Court concluded that federal...
Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Clean Air Act, Environment, GHG
U.S. EPA has extended the time period for commenting on a draft NPDES general permit for stormwater discharges from construction...
Tags: Stormwater, Environment
U.S. EPA is developing an Underground Injection Control (UIC) Class II permitting guidance document under the Safe Drinking Water...
Tags: Energy, Environment
We reported previously on the threat made by New York State's Attorney General to sue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and others...
Tags: Marcellus, Energy, Environment, Utica
Kentucky recently changed its remediation/corrective action statute to formally adopt USEPA Region 3’s “Remedial Screening...
Tags: Environment
On Sunday May 29, 2011, the Texas House passed legislation that could require drilling companies to publicly disclose the...
Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, Environment
The State of Texas has filed its initial brief challenging U.S. EPA's endangerment finding that concludes that greenhouse gases...
Tags: Energy, Environment, GHG
The NYT is reporting on the potential for increased smog due to oil and gas operations: "Thousands of natural gas wells are...
Tags: Air, Energy, Environment
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has released the findings of a third study showing no emissions levels...
Tags: Air, Energy, Environment