The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed as prudentially unripe appeals of last year’s District Court decision striking down BLM’s 2015 fracking rule.
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What The Frack Is Up With BLM’s Fracking Rule?
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By CHARLES SARTAIN | GRAY REED & MCGRAW
Sierra Club v. Chesapeake Operating LLC et al is news more shocking than “Man Bites Dog”!
Fracking, Earthquakes And Civil Authority
By Hernán Cipriotti | Zelle LLP
In last week’s post, we discussed the rapid development of the hydraulic fracturing industry in the United States, and some of the innate risks presented by those operations.
EPA Publishes Study On The Impacts Of Fracking On Drinking Water
By Ryan Rudich | Freeborn & Peters LLP
Since the beginning of the fracking boom, the potential impact of fracking operations upon groundwater has been a hotly contested area.
In a piece authored for The Hill’s Congress Blog, the Institute for Policy Innovation’s Merrill Matthews argues that EPA’s final hydraulic fracturing study should keep the conclusion set out in the report’s 2015 draft, in which the agency said it found no evidence fracking has led to “widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources in… Keep reading →
The Negative Impacts Of Restricting Fracking
By Energy Tomorrow Blog
Let’s follow up on a post earlier this week on the energy stakes in next week’s election with some recent analysis by Adam Sieminski, who heads the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Speaking at a Natural Gas Roundtable event, Sieminski said that constraints on hydraulic fracturing, reducing its use, could have significant price impacts. E&E… Keep reading →
When a former Greenpeace executive director comes out in support of hydraulic fracturing, your first impulse probably is to check outside to see if pigs indeed have taken flight. The second and totally serious response is to understand and embrace the argument for fracking that’s being made by one leading environmentalist. That environmentalist is Stephen… Keep reading →
UK Shale: Full Steam Ahead For Fracking?
By Angela Wallace, Rebecca Downes, Colin Graham | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
On 6 October 2016, the UK’s Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Sajid Javid, overruled local councillors on appeal and approved Cuadrilla’s plans to explore for shale gas in Lancashire.
Researchers Retract Findings Regarding The Health Risks Of “Fracking”
By Connor Mullin | Akin Gump - Excubitor
On March 26, 2015, nine researchers published a study in the Environmental Science and Technology journal entitled “Impact of Natural Gas Extraction on PAH Levels in Ambient Air.”
A quick list of some of the benefits realized by the United States thanks to modern hydraulic fracturing and advanced horizontal drilling: Surging oil and natural gas production The United States is the world’s leading producer of oil and natural gas, resulting in lower oil imports and an opportunity for the U.S. to compete with… Keep reading →
