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Don’t Board the ‘Fracking Banned’ Wagon

May 14, 2012April 23, 2013 by Peter Gray

In my last column, I preached patience for those who question the safety of extracting shale gas via fracking. In this month’s column, I profile the growing trend of states and localities electing to ban fracking in response to fears that it might cause groundwater contamination. The availability of cheap, ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Production Tax Credit, Light Bulbs, Buffett on Keystone

May 9, 2012June 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

President Barack Obama urged Congress to extend the Production Tax Credit and expand the 30 percent tax credit to investments in clean energy manufacturing, known as the 48C Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit. The remarks came at a speech on the economy at the State University of New York in ... Read more »

Frack Water Market to Reach $9bn in 2020, Lux Says

May 1, 2012May 1, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

The market for treating hydraulic fracturing water – a waste byproduct of shale gas production — will grow nine-fold to $9 billion in 2020, according to a report by Lux Research. The growth in hydraulic fracturing has energized the water industry, inspiring a bumper crop of new water treatment startups aiming to ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Canada Vehicle Emissions, Natural Gas, TSCA, Petroleum Reserve

April 16, 2012June 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

Canada issued greenhouse gas emissions rules that aim to make heavy trucks and buses up to 23 percent less polluting by 2018. The rules will take effect on the 2014 model year for vehicles including full-size pickups, heavy trucks and buses, and fit with measures already set in the U.S., ... Read more »

What’s the Fracking Problem?

March 27, 2012April 23, 2013 by Peter Gray

One image in the HBO movie Gasland changed our perception of shale gas: a Pennsylvania resident held a lit matchstick up to a running kitchen faucet and turned it into a blowtorch. An army of hydrogeologists cannot expunge that image from our consciousness: tap water caught fire. The United States ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Poland Veto, World Water Forum, NRC Safety Rules, Ohio Fracking Law

March 12, 2012June 23, 2013 by Leon Walker

Coal-reliant Poland vetoed a European Union roadmap for cutting the bloc’s carbon emissions by 80 percent by mid-century. All 26 other EU countries supported the plan, and climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard said that support was enough for the commission to make further progress. In June 2010, Poland was the only ... Read more »

Fracking Industry May Lack Will to Avoid Environmental Impacts, Report Finds

March 9, 2012March 12, 2012 by Leon Walker

The natural gas industry is technologically capable of tapping shale gas resources, but some companies may have trouble managing the environmental and social risks involved, according to a report by the Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute. Discovering Shale Gas: An Investor Guide to Hydraulic Fracturing said these risks could impede ... Read more »

Ecologix Launches Fracking Water Treatment System

February 3, 2012 by Leon Walker

Ecologix Environmental Systems, an Atlanta-based wastewater treatment company specializing in the oil and gas industry, has designed a mobile integrated treatment system for hydraulic fracturing that allows the re-use of water for future drilling. Using dissolved air flotation technology, the system can treat up to 900 gallons per minute of ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Canada Drops Kyoto Protocol, Keystone Pipeline, Gulf Lease Sale, MATS

December 14, 2011December 14, 2011 by Leon Walker

Canada is evoking its legal right to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, indicating that penalties as high as $14 billion for its failure to meet emissions targets played a role, the Environment Ministry said. The country’s environment minister said that Canada would continue to work with nations on the effort ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Solyndra Threat, Smog Rule Battle, Johnson Controls Plant Shut Down

September 19, 2011June 5, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

The Solyndra controversy is starting to pose a serious threat to future investments in renewable energy, the Hill reports. Congressional Republicans are planning a huge political fight over the failed, stimulus-funded$535 million loan guarantee to the now-bankrupt solar company (pictured during an Obama visit in 2010) and the issue could ... Read more »

The Energy Storage Hand Gets More Interesting

August 25, 2011August 29, 2011 by Christine Hertzog

The cards dealt to the energy storage industry are looking better now than in the past. Here are three of them, all played because of the growing presence of Smart Grid technologies that enable solutions and policies that encourage energy storage markets. There’s also a wild card that could have ... Read more »

Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Massive Shell Spill, Online Violation Tracking, EPA Easing Carbon Capture

August 5, 2011June 5, 2013 by Environmental Leader

The EPA on Thursday proposed a rule that would exclude carbon dioxide streams that are injected for geologic sequestration, in wells designated for this purpose, from hazardous waste regulations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the agency said. The exclusion is part of an effort to lower barriers to ... Read more »

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