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On April 7, 2015, USEPA proposed a zero discharge Clean Water Act pretreatment standard for wastewater from existing or new...
Tags: CWA, POTW, Hydraulic Fracturing, Oil and Gas,
On March 20, 2015, the U.S. Department of the Interior released the final rule governing hydraulic fracturing on public and...
Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, Oil and Gas, Energy, fracing
On January 28, 2015, the U.S. Senate voted against (35-63) Amendment 48 to modify the definition of “underground injection” under...
Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, UIC, Energy, Environment
A coalition of environmental groups have sued the U.S. EPA to compel the agency to require the disclosure of chemicals used in...
Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, EPA, Oil and Gas, Energy
By way of an update to our earlier post on New York's hydraulic fracturing ban, the Associated Press profiles farmers who lost...
Tags: Ban, Hydraulic Fracturing, Oil and Gas, New York,
Is hydraulic fracturing one of the most significant innovations of the early 21st century? In an op-ed, Bret Stephens of the Wall...
Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, Oil and Gas, Energy, Fracking
The New York Times reports on Governor Cuomo's announcement today that New York would ban hydraulic fracturing:
Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, 'Drilling Ban', New York, Energy,
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that according to a new study, defective cement casing, and not hydraulic fracturing, is...
Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, Energy
On July 14, 2014, U.S. EPA extended the comment period for a proposed rule regarding the disclosure of chemicals used in the...
Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, Environmental, EPA, Environment
On May 9, 2014, U.S. EPA issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking under Section 8 of the Toxic Substances Control Act...
Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, TSCA, Energy
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