February 27, 2013

TX Supreme Court Won’t Hear Pipeline Case

Cash award for loss of property value due to pipeline allowed to stand
By Jennifer Hiller, Fuel Fix, Feb. 24, 2013

A McMullen County family that has battled a pipeline company since 2009 continued to prevail in court last week.…

February 13, 2013

Stop Gas Drilling — Sue Your Neighbor

Basic real estate law could stop gas drilling in the Northeast.
By Andrew Reinbach, Huffingtonpost, November 24, 2010

Basic real estate law could stop gas drilling in the Northeast.
Here’s the idea. When you bought your house you didn’t buy …

December 14, 2012

NYS AG Schneiderman Prepares Methane Suit Against EPA

Schneiderman’s coalition charges that the EPA violated the Clean Air Act when it failed to address methane emissions in the August 2012 regulations.
By Casey Seiler, Capital Confidential, Dec. 11, 2012

CLICK HERE to read the letter to EPA Administrator …

December 5, 2012

Chesapeake Appalachia Sentenced for Clean Water Act Violations

Chesapeake Appalachia to pay a fine of $600,000.
By NEWS9, December 3, 2012

Chesapeake Appalachia was sentenced Monday in federal court for three violations of the Clean Water Act related to natural gas drilling activity in Wetzel County, according to …

October 10, 2012

Lawsuit Challenges Frackers' Waste Disposal Practices in Arkansas

Potential damages are enormous and the lawsuit seeks treble damages under the federal anti-conspiracy statute.
By Max Brantley, Arkansas Times, October 5, 2012

An amended class action lawsuit has been filed in federal court in Little rock against Southwestern Energy,

September 27, 2012

Federal Court Confirms Right of NY Attorney General and Environmental Groups to Compel Compliance with NEPA

CLICK HERE to Download the DCS Press Release

FEDERAL COURT CONFIRMS RIGHT OF NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS TO COMPEL COMPLIANCE WITH NEPA BUT DISMISSES CASE AS PREMATURE WHILE AFFIRMING FUTURE RIGHT TO REVIEW

Damascus Citizens for Sustainability …

September 21, 2012

EWG Sues Cuomo Administration

Cuomo Administration Failure to Disclose Drilling Documents Prompts EWG Lawsuit

The dismissal of information from all but industry was the subject of the public hearing Tony Avella organized at NYC Council in July — its YouTube is on the DCS

July 4, 2012

U.S. Probes Chesapeake, Rival Over Possible Collusion

Michigan also opened investigations into the allegations of collusion
By CNBC, July 3, 2012

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department is probing Chesapeake Energy Corp and Encana Corp for possible collusion after a Reuters report showed that top executives …

March 1, 2012

Successful Anti-Fracking Organization Damascus Citizens for Sustainability Embarks on New Legal Fight to Save Rivers

The grassroots organization is widening their scope in order to help the watershed of the Susquehanna River.

alternet.org

The citizen group Damascus Citizens for Sustainability (DCS) has filed a public records request to force the Susquehanna River Basin Comission (SRBC), …

March 1, 2012

Citizen Group Takes Action to Force Interstate Body to Show it is Protecting the Vital Water Resources of PA, NY State and MD from Fracking

PR Newswire, Damascus Citizens for Sustainability

Information Request Seeks Records From Susquehanna River Basin Commission To Demonstrate Whether It Has Been Doing Its Water Resources Protection Job

MILANVILLE, Pa., Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The citizen group Damascus Citizens for …

February 27, 2012

DCS SRBC FOIA Request

Citizen Group Takes Action to Force Interstate Body to Show It Is Protecting the Vital Water Resources of PA, NY State and MD from Fracking

Information Request Seeks Records From Susquehanna River Basin Commission To Demonstrate Whether It Has Been
January 24, 2012

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting From The Petroleum And Natural Gas Industry

U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY CLIMATE CHANGE DIVISION WASHINGTON DC

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations cited in this technical support document (TSD) contain legally-binding requirements. In several chapters this TSD offers illustrative examples for complying with the minimum requirements indicated …

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