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Colorado Blazes The Path On Oil And Gas Data

By Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange Blog

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This May has truly been a banner month for transparency of the oil and gas industry.  To start, FracFocus, the state-run, national hydraulic fracturing chemical disclosure database,released chemical information of nearly 100,000 wells in raw digital format. On the same day, Colorado’s Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) put two key datasets online that will… Keep reading →

 /  Published May 25, 2015 at 2:00 PM

Pennsylvania Strengthens Natural Gas Drilling Regulations

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The Capital Building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

A new Pennsylvania law that soon goes into effect will require natural gas drillers to comply with stricter environmental sustainability and transparency measures. The law, called Act 13, was signed by Governor Tom Corbett in February of this year and goes into effect on April 16th. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 4, 2012 at 11:00 AM