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Following through on his threat, New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sued the federal government last Tuesday for not conducting a full environmental review of proposed regulations for Marcellus Shale development in the Delaware River Basin.

Following through on his threat (see Shale Daily, May 31), New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sued the federal government Tuesday for not conducting a full environmental review of proposed regulations for Marcellus Shale development in the Delaware River Basin.

More than a dozen families living in a northeastern Pennsylvania town in the heart of the Marcellus Shale on Thursday sued Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. and a service operator, claiming that their water wells became contaminated when the producer used hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracing) to stimulate production from area natural gas wells. The plaintiffs claim the hydrofracing “fluid and/or drilling mud includes hazardous chemicals that are carcinogenic and toxic.”

Forty-five residents of a northeastern Pennsylvania town in the heart of the Marcellus Shale on Thursday sued Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. and a service operator, claiming that their water wells became contaminated when the producer used hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracing) in the course of drilling and stimulating natural gas wells. The plaintiffs claim the hydrofracing “fluid and/or drilling mud includes hazardous chemicals that are carcinogenic and toxic.”

The former CEO and former CFO of Quest Resource Corp. last week were sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for allegedly siphoning millions of dollars from the Oklahoma City-based producer. Separately a federal grand jury in Oklahoma City issued a criminal indictment against the CFO.

The former CEO and former CFO of Quest Resource Corp. have been sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for allegedly siphoning millions of dollars from the Oklahoma City-based producer.

In a last ditch effort to prevent Friday’s scheduled oil and natural gas lease auction, environmental groups Wednesday sued the Interior Department to prevent the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from auctioning drilling rights in eastern Utah.

Two environmental groups attempting to prevent some oil and natural gas lease sales in New Mexico from being implemented have sued the Bureau of Land Management, alleging that the federal agency has failed to curb ozone levels and safeguard air quality in the northwestern part of the state.

Atlantic Sea Island Group LLC last week sued to stay a November decision by the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) granting New Jersey “adjacent coastal state” designation in the federal review of Safe Harbor Energy, a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal.