June 14, 2019
Stories tagged "fracking"
May 14, 2019
De Blasio Getting Tough on Pollution – Is He Running Too?
Mayor Bill De Blasio of New York City, who is allegedly mulling whether to throw his hat into the Presidential race, used Trump Tower as a backdrop for an event on Monday highlighting a tough new law that reduces emissions from buildings, which has been dubbed...February 28, 2019
Pipeline Court Challenges Continue
On Tuesday, five environmental groups announced their intention to sue the Trump Administration over its decision to allow the Enefit project to go forward and begin constructing three pipelines and two transmission lines across federal land in Utah — these will...February 27, 2019
FERC Reaches “Compromise” and Approves New LNG Export Terminal
For the first time in two years, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission late last week approved a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) export project — the Calcasieu Pass in Cameron Parish, Louisiana — after the Commission’s two Republican commissioners and...February 26, 2019
Funding Well May Be Running Dry For Frackers
According to The Wall Street Journal, fracking companies are seeing their sources of capital on Wall Street dry up as investors are looking elsewhere given that many of the frackers have been operating at a loss for more than a decade. The lack of capital to keep...February 5, 2019
Former Oil Industry Lobbyist Nominated To Lead Interior
The Trump Administration did the expected and yesterday nominated Acting Secretary of Interior David Bernhardt, a former oil industry lobbyist and the top lawyer at Interior under Bush ’43 to take the top slot and officially replace Ryan Zinke. Most industry...January 29, 2019
Pipeline and LNG Terminal Project Puts Oregon Governor On the Spot
In Oregon, there is a fossil fuel infrastructure project undergoing permitting and approval that is stirring up controversy, putting the newly re-elected Governor of the state, Kate Brown, on the spot over her campaign promise to tackle the issue of climate change. ...January 16, 2019
Groundwater Supplies Are Depleted And at Risk From Fracking
The Revelator, a publication of the Center for Biological Diversity, reported on a new study that found that “fresh” groundwater is 50% less plentiful in several key U.S. regions than scientists previously believed. Therefore, digging deeper to find...April 10, 2018