A bill qualifying natural gas as green energy and allowing state agencies to lease land to develop oil and gas has passed the Ohio legislature and was awaiting a signature from Republican Gov. Mike DeWine. Under current Ohio law, state agencies are not automatically required to lease land for oil and gas exploration and production…
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Interior Punts Trump-Era Reforms to Oil, Natural Gas Royalty, Migratory Bird Rules
In the continued back-and-forth machinations to scuttle Trump-era rules, the Interior Department is axing regulations put in place last year, including rules that eliminated millions in revenue from fossil fuel extraction. In early January, the Trump administration finalized a makeover of Obama-era royalties reforms known as the 2020 Valuation Reform and Civil Penalty Rule. The…
September 30, 2021
API Asks to Intervene in Lawsuits Over Rescinded BLM Fracking Rule
The American Petroleum Institute (API) made its first foray into the legal battle over an Obama-era rule governing hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on public and tribal lands, asking a federal district court in San Francisco to allow it to intervene in a pair of lawsuits filed after the Trump administration rescinded the rule.
April 2, 2018
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