Center for Sustainable Shale Development Archives

Consol Energy Earns Air, Water Management Certification from Fracking Center

April 8, 2015April 7, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Center for Sustainable Shale Development has certified Consol Energy’s Appalachian Basin operations as having successfully completed the Center’s evaluation and verification process. Full CSSD certification confirms conformance with all 15 of the Center’s Performance Standards and means the company’s Appalachian Basin operations meet or exceed state and federal air ... Read more »

Shell Achieves Fracking Center Certification

March 19, 2015March 18, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Center for Sustainable Shale Development has certified Shell’s SWEPI LP Appalachian operations as having completed the CSSD’s evaluation and verification process. Full CSSD certification confirms conformance with all 15 of the center’s Performance Standards. Chevron, Shell and other natural gas companies and environmental groups established the collaborative center in ... Read more »

Fracking Center Expands Wastewater Treatment Standard

March 2, 2015February 27, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Center for Sustainable Shale Development, a collaborative established in 2013 between Chevron, Shell and other natural gas companies and environmental groups to set fracking standards, has expanded its wastewater Performance Standard 1 to address the treatment of shale wastewater at permitted facilities. The expanded standard represents the culmination of ... Read more »

Chevron Earns Fracking Center Certification

September 19, 2014September 18, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Chevron Appalachia is the first company to complete the Center for Sustainable Shale Development’s evaluation and verification process. CSSD is a collaborative established last year between Chevron, Shell and other natural gas companies and environmental groups to set fracking standards. Chevron earned full CSSD certification against all 15 of the ... Read more »

Environmental Executive Moves: CSSD, Tervita, Advanced Emissions Solutions, Watts Water

January 22, 2014 by Leon Walker

Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Center for Sustainable Shale Development: The a collaborative established last year between Chevron, Shell and other natural gas companies and environmental groups to set fracking standards has named Susan Packard LeGros its executive director. LeGros joins CSSD from Stevens & ... Read more »

Fracking Certification Center Open for Business

January 21, 2014January 21, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Center for Sustainable Shale Development (CSSD), a collaborative established last year between Chevron, Shell and other natural gas companies and environmental groups to set fracking standards, says its third-party certification and verification program is now accepting applicants. As CSSD begins reviewing applications and auditing companies that apply for certification, ... Read more »

Chevron, Shell, Enviros Set Fracking Standards

March 21, 2013March 21, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Chevron, Shell and other natural gas companies and environmental groups have formed a new center that will set standards for drilling by hydraulic fracturing in the Appalachian Basin. Based in Pittsburgh, Penn., the Center for Sustainable Shale Development (CSSD) has established 15 initial performance standards that the groups say will ... Read more »

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