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Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone Approval, SCOTUS Backs EPA, Fracking Rules

January 23, 2013June 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman approved a revised route for the Keystone XL pipeline through the state, which leaves final approval of the pipeline project in the hands of the Obama administration. The State Department must review the 1,700-mile pipeline because it crosses an international border, but an earlier impact statement ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Cross-State Pollution, Gas Price Spike, Bioethanol Anti-Dumping

October 8, 2012June 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

The EPA filed a petition in the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which in August ruled 2-1 to suspend the agency’s cross state air pollution rule and ordered it rewritten. The EPA asked the court to rehear the case, arguing that the ruling was inconsistent with the ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: House Coal Bill, EU-China ETS, NY Fracking, Biofuel

September 21, 2012June 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

The House will vote today on GOP legislation to roll back or prevent White House policies that Republicans call anti-coal. The bill would scuttle federal climate change regulations and rules to limit mercury and other toxins from coal-fired power plants, among other provisions. The White House has threatened to veto ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: BP Gross Negligence Alleged, Democratic Platform, Petroleum Loan

September 5, 2012June 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

The Justice Department has outlined in new court papers examples of gross negligence and willful misconduct on the part of BP for the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf. Gross negligence is the most prominent issue in the filing, with the case scheduled for trial in New Orleans in January 2013. ... Read more »

Water Disposal Most Severe Fracking Environmental Threat, Says Report

August 7, 2012August 7, 2012 by Leon Walker

The disposal of contaminated wastewater from hydraulic fracturing wells producing natural gas in the Marcellus Shale region presents risks from salts and radioactive materials that are “several orders of magnitude larger” than for other potential water pollution events examined in a report by Stony Brook University. Other water pollution pathways ... Read more »

Ceres: Exxon, Marathon, Others Give Investors Weak Reports on Drilling and Climate Risks

August 6, 2012August 6, 2012 by Leon Walker

Investors are not getting a clear, consistent picture of material risk from oil and gas companies, and may be exposing themselves to climate change-related risk, as fossil fuel production moves into more technologically demanding spaces, a Ceres report says. The report, “Sustainable Extraction? An Analysis of SEC Disclosure by Major ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Fines for Dairyland and BASF; SF6; Calif.-Quebec Carbon Program

July 2, 2012June 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

The EPA and the DOJ have reached a Clean Air Act settlement with Dairyland Power Cooperative under which the utility will invest $150 million in pollution control technology at three power plants in Alma and Genoa, Wis. The settlement also requires that DPC spend $5 million on environmental mitigation projects and pay ... Read more »

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 »

Current Wastewater Methods Fail to Protect Public from Frack Water, NRDC Says

May 14, 2012May 14, 2012 by Leon Walker

Hydraulic fracturing’s huge output of polluted wastewater is putting drinking water supplies, rivers, streams, and groundwater at risk, primarily because state and federal regulations have not kept pace with the industry boom, according to a Natural Resources Defense Council report. The study, “In Fracking’s Wake: New Rules are Needed ... 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: Fracking Controls, China Aviation Plan, CVS Settlement

April 20, 2012June 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

The Obama administration has set national standards to control air pollution from gas wells drilled using hydraulic fracturing, but with a delayed implementation to appease the oil and gas industry. The rule will require companies to install pollution-reducing equipment at the wellhead by 2015, and in the interim reduce pollution ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Deepwater Horizon, Shell Oil Sheen, YPF Nationalization, Keystone XL, LNG Exports

April 18, 2012June 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

A presidential commission investigating the 2010 Gulf oil spill found that Congress has failed to pass any change to laws governing offshore drilling that could help prevent a repeat of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. On its scorecard, Congress earned a D, the administration landed a B, and industry got a ... Read more »

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