A lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed in Arkansas against a trio of energy companies alleging that their activities have caused “thousands of earthquakes in central Arkansas.”
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CenterPoint Energy Gas Line Explodes in Minneapolis
CenterPoint Energy officials are investigating what caused one of the company’s gas lines to explode last Thursday morning around 8 a.m. in Minneapolis, MN. While the explosion and resulting fireball could be seen for miles, no injuries were reported and repair work was under way.
Industry Brief
Researchers at Pennsylvania State University have been awarded a $412,000, three-year grant by the Heinz Endowments to identify and mitigate the effects of Marcellus Shale natural gas exploration and development on the state’s forest ecosystem. The interdisciplinary research team, led by two faculty members in the College of Agricultural Sciences, will evaluate landscape change as a result of gas exploration disturbances, assess local and landscape-scale changes to the forest ecosystem and develop an electronic field guide for onsite remediation and wildlife habitat enhancement at Marcellus drilling sites. The team also plans to pilot a long-term citizen-science based monitoring program to track changes to the physical landscape and biotic communities.
New Pennsylvania DEP Team, First Energy Executive Tapped
Three experienced state energy officials were selected by Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Tom Corbett on Tuesday to helm the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and another was tapped as the state’s first Energy Executive.
Cabot Strengthens Ties with Marcellus Community
Seeking to shore up relations with communities in Susquehanna County, PA, where state officials say Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. is responsible for contaminated groundwater, the Houston-based producer hosted an overflow crowd of thousands of residents at a free community picnic Saturday in Montrose, the county seat.
Another Small Tremor Shakes North Texas Community
The seventh earthquake since May has rattled communities in the heart of the Barnett Shale region of North Texas, officials said Friday.
Court Rules Local Zoning Ban on LNG Facilities Preempted by NGA
In a decision that could have broad impact on communities seeking to block liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities, a federal appeals court in Richmond, VA, has ruled that a Baltimore County zoning ordinance that bans the construction of LNG facilities in certain Chesapeake Bay coastal areas is preempted by the Natural Gas Act (NGA).
Court Rules Local Zoning Ban on LNG Facilities Preempted by NGA
In a decision that could have a broad impact on communities seeking to block liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities, a federal appeals court in Richmond, VA, has ruled that a Baltimore County zoning ordinance that bans the construction of LNG facilities in certain Chesapeake Bay coastal areas is preempted by the Natural Gas Act (NGA).
Rhode Island Attorney General Questions Wood’s Objectivity on LNG
Rhode Island and Massachusetts coastal communities shouldn’t serve as a “test case” to verify the safety of marine transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG), Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch said.
Rhode Island Attorney General Questions Wood’s Objectivity on LNG
Rhode Island and Massachusetts coastal communities shouldn’t serve as a “test case” to verify the safety of marine transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG), Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch said.