With the soon-to-adjourn state legislature looking to pass stringent rules for hydraulic fracturing (fracking), the city of Los Angeles is now proposing to impose a ban on the practice. Meanwhile, an ongoing state administrative process is expected to result in new fracking rules this fall.
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Fish Kill in Kentucky Linked to Natural Gas Chemicals Spill
Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) fluids spilled in 2007 from natural gas wells are believed to be the cause of “widespread death or distress” of an aquatic species in a small Appalachian creek in Kentucky, based on a joint study by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).
August 30, 2013
Last-Minute California Frack Attack Unleashed
A loose coalition of anti-hydraulic fracturing (fracking) groups is calling for a moratorium on the drilling practice in California, and is lobbying against the lone remaining bill (SB 4) related to unconventional drilling in the state legislature, which is in its final weeks before adjournment.
August 30, 2013
New York’s High Court to Decide Validity of Local Fracking Bans
The New York Court of Appeals on Thursday agreed to review two lawsuits that protest bans on unconventional drilling, and specifically hydraulic fracturing (fracking), that were imposed by Middlefield and Dryden, Southern Tier municipalities that top the Marcellus Shale.
August 30, 2013
BLM Asked to Go Back to Drawing Board on Frack Rule
Judging from the tenor and content of the comments that have been filed on the revised hydraulic fracturing (fracking) rule, the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) may have to go back to the drawing board on the draft rule for a third time.
August 26, 2013
Lawmakers Seek Fracking Exemption for Wyoming, Other Western States
The Wyoming congressional delegation Monday asked Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to exempt Wyoming and other western states currently regulating hydraulic fracturing (fracking) from the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) final rule on the practice, saying not to do so would delay permitting and discourage production on public land.
August 21, 2013
UK Demonstrators Target Conventional Well for Anti-Fracking Protest
Anti-fracking activists in the United Kingdom last week scored something of a win, forcing Staffordshire, England-based Cuadrilla Resources Ltd. to scale back conventional drilling operations in West Sussex on the advice of police worried about “direct action” by protesters who began a three-day demonstration last Sunday.
August 20, 2013
BLM Fracking Rules A ‘Certainty,’ North Dakota Official Says
After meeting with regional officials from the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Denver on Wednesday, North Dakota’s chief regulator for oil and natural gas production, Lynn Helms, said he is convinced that there will be BLM rules covering hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on federal lands (seeShale Daily,May 17).
August 19, 2013
Offshore Fracking Report Catches California Unawares
The California Coastal Commission (CCC) was alerted Thursday to potential environmental impacts from the use of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) offshore along the Pacific Coast in both federal and state waters.
August 19, 2013
UK Surveys Show Opinion Shifting in Favor of Unconventional Drilling
A report by the United Kingdom’s University of Nottingham indicates that public opinion in the country is beginning to shift in favor of unconventional natural gas development, which uses hydraulic fracturing (fracking).
August 16, 2013
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