November 20, 2012
The U.S. faces a crisis in the enforcement of rules governing the oil and gas industry. The shale gas and shale oil boom has brought an expansion of oil and gas activity unseen in many parts the country since the …
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March 3, 2012
Mary Jo Long, Esq.
Introduction:
I am going to talk about the legal rights and powers of local government with respect to gas drilling in their communities. First, I am going to review 2 NY Court decisions that were made …
January 30, 2012
New York and Pennsylvania and A Sampling of Municipalities and Key
Organizations in Varied Locations Opposed to Hydrofrack Drilling
Compiled by Joe Hoff, Chairman of Keuka Citizens Against Hydrofracking As of January 29, 2012
Organizations in Varied Locations Opposed to Hydrofrack Drilling
Compiled by Joe Hoff, Chairman of Keuka Citizens Against Hydrofracking As of January 29, 2012
New York …
December 18, 2011
Investigations Unit of the Legal Services Division
State Comptroller DiNapoli is working to find and fight fraud at every level of State and local government. The public’s help is needed in this fight. New Yorkers can report allegations of fraud, …
August 16, 2011
Delaware Riverkeeper Press Release
Groups File Suit Against Army Corps and Delaware River Basin Commission Over Gas Drilling Regulations; Lawsuit charges that an analysis must be completed and environmental impacts understood before drilling moves forward in the Delaware River Basin.…
June 18, 2011
By Laura Olson, Post-Gazette Harrisburg Bureau
HARRISBURG — The state’s top health official said Friday that his agency needs resources to create a registry for tracking whether spikes in illnesses could be related to shale gas drilling.
That request by …
June 1, 2011
United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
Defendants
United States Army Corps of Engineers,
United States Fish and Wildlife Service,
United States National Park Service, United States Department of Interior,
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Plaintiff
State of …
February 26, 2011
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 …
February 2, 2011
Maurice Hinchey Press Release
Lawmakers Cite Previously Undisclosed Diesel Fuel Risks Detailed in New House Energy and Commerce Committee Report
Washington, DC – Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) and Congressman Rush Holt (NJ-12) today urged the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) …
February 1, 2011
Tom Fowler, Houston Chronicle
Drilling companies injected more than 32 million gallons of fluids containing diesel into the ground during hydraulic fracturing operations from 2005 to 2009, according to federal lawmakers, but the industry says the practice was legal.
In …
January 31, 2011
Committee on Energy and Commerce
Today Reps. Henry A. Waxman, Edward J. Markey, and Diana DeGette sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson regarding the results of an investigation into the use of diesel fuel in …
December 6, 2010
by Marie C. Baca
ProPublica
ProPublica
For more than two years, the natural gas drilling debate has focused primarily on the use of hydraulic fracturing in horizontal wells. But expert testimony submitted for a government hearing next month challenges long-held assumptions …
