June 29, 2011

N.J. Senate Passes Fracking Ban

MARYANN SPOTO, State House Bureau, The Record —

The state Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation banning the use of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas exploration in New Jersey.

The 33-1 vote came after Sen. Joseph Kyrillos (R-Monmouth) unsuccessfully asked for a …

February 26, 2011

Regulation Is Lax for Water from Gas Wells

By Ian Urbina, New York Times

The American landscape is dotted with hundreds of thousands of new wells and drilling rigs, as the country scrambles to tap into this century’s gold rush — for natural gas. The gas has always …

May 11, 2010

Proposed legislation would benefit landowners forced into drilling units

The Marcellus Effect blog by Sue Heavenrich

New York isn’t allowing any horizontal drilling in the Marcellus Shale just yet, but that hasn’t stopped some companies from planning ahead. Epsilon Energy is drilling into the Oriskany (just below the Marcellus …

June 9, 2009

Bill to repeal the exemption for hydraulic fracturing in the Safe Drinking Water Act

111th Congress 1st Session H.R.

Ms. DeGette (for herself, Mr. Hinchey, and Mr. Polis of Colorado) introduced the following bill:

To repeal the exemption for hydraulic fracturing in the Safe Drinking Water Act, and for other purposes.

See Bill Here

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