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Policy & Regulations Briefing: House Passes Water Bill, Plastic’s Future, Natgas Rules

July 15, 2011June 4, 2013 by Environmental Leader

The House on Wednesday passed H.R. 2018, siding with states and their ability to set clean water standards, despite a veto threat from the Obama administration, Bloomberg News said. Today, the Interior Department’s Michael Bromwich told the House Natural Resources Committee, which is investigating the regulatory overhaul of offshore drilling, ... Read more »

Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Oil Reserve, Efficiency, EPA Bills

June 24, 2011June 4, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

Obama administration officials announced yesterday that they will tap into the country’s strategic oil reserve to replace losses from the conflict in Libya and ensure the country has enough supplies to get through the summer. An Obama administration official says the release of 60 million barrels represents less than five ... Read more »

24 Companies Agree to Publish Fracking Chemicals

April 12, 2011April 12, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

BP, Shell, ConocoPhillips and 21 other natural gas companies are participating in a national registry disclosing the chemical additives used in the hydraulic fracturing process. The website, www.FracFocus.org (pictured left), is being launched by the Ground Water Protection Council (GWPC) and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC), with ... Read more »

Interior Considers Fracking Regulations; PA Says Radioactivity Levels Normal

March 8, 2011March 8, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

The Department of the Interior is considering enacting regulations on the natural gas drilling process known as fracking, as Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has announced test results showing that river waters downstream of fracking operations have normal or lower amounts of radioactivity. Interior secretary Ken Salazar told a ... Read more »

Report: Fracking’s ‘Radioactive Wastewater’ Discharged into Drinking Water Supplies

March 1, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

The natural gas drilling process known as hydrofracking poses far more danger to the environment and health than previously understood, the New York Times has reported. The paper said its analysis of more than 30,000 pages of federal, state and company records relating to more than 200 gas wells shows ... Read more »

Shareholders Demand Fracking Risk Disclosure

January 24, 2011January 24, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Investors have filed shareholder resolutions urging nine major oil and gas companies to disclose risks of their U.S. natural gas fracturing, or fracking, operations. Five investment groups filed resolutions with ExxonMobil, Chevron, Ultra Petroleum, El Paso, Cabot Oil & Gas, Southwestern Energy, Energen, Anadarko and Carrizo Oil & Gas. The ... Read more »

Halliburton Discloses ‘Fracking’ Fluids, Unveils ‘Green’ Product

November 17, 2010October 18, 2016 by Gina Roos

Just several days after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a subpoena to Halliburton to force the company to share information about its hydraulic fracturing process, Halliburton announced the launch of a new Microsite that discloses the materials content of its hydraulic fracturing fluids. The company also unveiled a ... Read more »

Environmental Enforcement Roundup: EPA Works with Border Protection; EPA Subpoenas Halliburton Records; Oil Field Cease and Desist Order

November 10, 2010October 18, 2016 by Environmental Leader

Environmental Leader’s daily roundup of key environmental enforcement news EPA Works with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to Enforce the Clean Air Act The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are collaborating to ensure that all imported vehicles and engines comply with ... Read more »

EPA Finalizes Emissions Reporting Rules for Petroleum, Natural Gas Plants

November 10, 2010October 18, 2016 by Gina Roos

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized rules that will require oil and gas facilities and some electronics manufacturing plants to report on their greenhouse gas emissions next year, as part of the agency’s mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, reports The New York Times. The federal agency also has issued ... Read more »

Wyoming First State to Require Chemicals Disclosure for Natural Gas Drilling

September 17, 2010October 18, 2016 by Gina Roos

Wyoming has implemented new rules that require natural gas drillers to disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, also called fracking, but fall short of full transparency, according to two citizen groups. Under the new Wyoming rules companies must submit to the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission a complete list of chemicals ... Read more »

EPA Launches Hydraulic Fracturing Study

March 19, 2010 by Gina Roos

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched a $1.9-million research study into the potential impact of hydraulic fracturing — used in the extraction of natural gas — on water quality and public health. According to the EPA, the hydraulic fracturing process involves taking water from the ground, pumping fracturing ... Read more »

Chesapeake Energy Changes Natural Gas Drilling Over Water Concerns

November 3, 2009 by Gina Roos

Due to environmental concerns over safe drinking water, Chesapeake Energy Corp. has agreed not to drill for natural gas within the New York City watershed, a small area within the Marcellus Shale natural gas reserve, which includes some of the Appalachian regions of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland and West ... Read more »

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