In a win for the natural gas industry, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied a Sierra Club appeal challenging the Department of Energy’s (DOE) authorization of the Freeport liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on Quintana Island, TX, to export to non-free trade agreement (FTA) countries.
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Energy Industry on Losing End of Methane Ruling in Appeals Court
A federal appeals court Thursday rejected a request by the oil and gas industry and allies to reconsider a court panel’s decision last month to lift a stay of Obama-era rules governing new sources of methane emissions.
August 11, 2017
Appeals Court Rejects Oil, NatGas Industry Plea to Toss Methane Rules
The oil and gas industry’s request for reconsideration of a court panel’s decision in July to lift a stay on Obama-era rules governing new sources of methane emissions was rejected by a federal appeals court Thursday in an 8-3 vote.
August 11, 2017
Energy Industry Urges Appeals Court to Rehear Obama-Era Methane Rules
Opponents of Obama-era rules governing new sources of methane emissions from the oil and gas industry are urging a federal appeals court to rehear a legal challenge to the rules, arguing that a three-judge panel erred when it lifted a stay last month.
August 4, 2017
Appellate Court Hears Oral Arguments on BLM Fracking Rule
Lawyers for the federal government faced off against attorneys representing states and the oil and gas industry in appellate court on Thursday, for oral arguments over an embattled rule governing hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on public and tribal lands.
July 27, 2017
Trump Administration Moves to Scrap BLM Fracking Rule
Days after the Trump administration unveiled plans to repeal, review or rescind hundreds of regulations, the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management added another to the pyre: its rule governing hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on public and tribal lands.
July 24, 2017
Senate Democrats Urge Trump to Reverse Course on BLM, EPA Methane Rules
A group of 27 Senate Democrats has urged President Trump to reverse course and allow methane emissions regulations promulgated by the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take effect.
July 12, 2017
EPA Asks Appeals Court to Recall Mandate in Methane Emission Rules Case
Days after a federal appeals court removed a stay over parts of proposed rules governing new sources of methane emissions from the oil and gas industry, the U.S. Environmental Protection (EPA) took the unusual step of asking the court to recall its mandate, thereby giving the agency more time to weigh its options.
July 11, 2017
Shale Opponents Victorious in Pennsylvania Supreme Court; Environmental Rights Upheld
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an opinion that upholds and further develops an environmental rights amendment in the state’s constitution that fossil fuel opponents have increasingly invoked in legal challenges to hinder shale gas development.
June 20, 2017
Pennsylvania Landowners Resisting Arbitration in Another Chesapeake Royalties Lawsuit
Hundreds of landowners from Northeast Pennsylvania asked a federal court this month to deny motions filed by Chesapeake Energy Corp., Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Williams Partners LP and other companies to arbitrate their antitrust claims outside of court and dismiss parts of their complaint.
June 9, 2017
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