Elected officials in Delaware County, NY, are demanding that the state and New York City pay $81.3 billion in reparations over 60 years for lost property rights, on the grounds that a proposal to ban hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the city’s extended watershed would exclude 80% of the county’s land from Marcellus Shale drilling.
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Shale Backers Say Proposed New York Frack Rules Too Restrictive
Several key supporters of shale development in New York say the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) proposed rules governing high-volume hydraulic fracturing (fracking) are too restrictive and in their current form would drive operators to other states.
January 17, 2012
New York Receives Thousands of Frack Comments Before Deadline
Ask and you shall receive.
January 12, 2012
New York Asks Firm to Analyze Fracking Impact, Again
Responding to complaints that its findings were biased in favor of drilling, a consulting firm that studied the socioeconomic impact of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in New York has been asked to go back and do more research.
December 27, 2011
Marcellus Price Gap Widens Further as Production Booms
Price divergence in Tennessee Gas Pipeline’s Zone 4 in northeastern Pennsylvania is one of those things that gets worse before it gets better.
November 1, 2011
New York Fracking Report: Shale a Job Creator
Tens of thousands of new jobs would be created in the Empire State if regulators decide to allow shale development, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) reported in the final draft of its report on the environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on Wednesday.
September 8, 2011
Obama Orders EPA to Back Off Ozone Standard
President Obama on Friday requested that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdraw its controversial draft Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards, saying he did not support asking state and local governments to begin implementing a new standard that is due to be reconsidered again in less than two years.
September 6, 2011
Obama Orders EPA to Back Off Ozone Standard
President Obama on Friday requested that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdraw its controversial draft Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards, saying he did not support asking state and local governments to begin implementing a new standard that is due to be reconsidered again in less than two years.
September 5, 2011
With Bill Set Aside, West Virginia Delegates Call for Drilling Ban
A proposal by some members of the West Virginia House of Delegates to place a moratorium on natural gas drilling permits until the state passes new regulations on drilling isn’t causing sleepless nights for West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association Executive Director Corky DeMarco.
March 21, 2011
Inhofe Looking Into Texas Contamination Case
Republican Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma, has requested all of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) documents related to its investigation of water well contamination in North Texas by Range Resources Corp.
February 17, 2011
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