An emergency order that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued against Range Resources Corp. late last year for alleged contamination of water wells in North Texas was allowed to stand by a federal judge in Dallas pending the outcome of an appeals court case in New Orleans in which Range is seeking dismissal of the EPA order. A stay was issued in the Dallas federal court case, and the judge there also declined to impose fines on Range that had been sought by EPA. Earlier this year Range was cleared of fouling the water wells by the Railroad Commission of Texas, which had objected to EPA’s involvement in the case (see Shale Daily, March 23).
Against
Articles from Against
Piceance Projects Draw Lawsuit
Four environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in federal court, alleging the agency illegally approved dozens of oil and gas projects in the Piceance Basin in western Colorado without analyzing the impacts on air quality.
June 20, 2011
Environmental Groups Sue BLM Over Piceance Projects
Four environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in federal court on Monday, alleging the agency illegally approved dozens of oil and gas projects in the Piceance Basin in western Colorado without analyzing the impacts on air quality.
June 16, 2011
Shale Industry Considers Going on the Offensive
The shale industry might need to go on the offensive against its critics, the head of an advocacy group told an audience in Pittsburgh last Tuesday.
May 23, 2011
Shale Industry Considers Going on the Offensive
The shale industry might need to go on the offensive against its critics, the head of an advocacy group told an audience in Pittsburgh Tuesday.
May 19, 2011
Industry Brief
Range Production Co.’s lawsuit to compel the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide documents related to its investigation of Range’s alleged contamination of water wells in the Barnett Shale region in North Texas was dismissed without prejudice in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Judge Lee Yeakel said Range’s pursuit of the documents in conjunction with a case before the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) was rendered moot when the RRC found Range to be not responsible for methane in the water wells (see Shale Daily, March 23). Range and EPA are still battling in federal court over the agency’s enforcement action against Range.
May 16, 2011
Producers Urge Congress to Retain Oil, Gas Tax Breaks
Major producers Thursday defended themselves against Senate Democrats’ claims that they don’t need the billions of dollars of federal tax breaks that they currently receive (see Daily GPI, May 12; May 4).
May 13, 2011
GOP Takes First Step Toward Delay of Dodd-Frank
The head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC ) last Wednesday defended the agency against Republican claims that it has moved too quickly to implement regulatory reforms under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act and hasn’t accurately estimated the costs of the proposed rules, as well as deflected GOP questions about its hiring and technology decisions. At the same time a House committee passed a bill to delay implementation of Dodd-Frank for 18 months.
May 9, 2011
CFTC Will Be Armed With ‘Pea Shooter’ Compared to Wall Street
The head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC ) Wednesday defended the agency against Republican claims that it has moved too quickly to implement regulatory reforms under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act and hasn’t accurately figured out the costs of the proposed rules, as well as deflected GOP questions about its hiring and technology decisions.
May 5, 2011
Pennsylvania Governor Opposes Forced Pooling
Countering claims that he moves in lockstep with the industry on Marcellus Shale issues, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett spoke out against forced pooling in a speech last Tuesday before a Pittsburgh audience.
May 2, 2011
Listen to the latest episode of our newest podcast NGI's Hub and Flow via:
