Articles Tagged with ''hydraulic fracturing (fracking)''

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Developers Cancel $1B PennEast Natural Gas Pipeline

Mary B. Powers

September 27, 2021

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Controversial Pa-NJ project won in Supreme Court but battled local regulators, landowners and environmental groups.

$1B PennEast Gas Line May Not Happen, Despite Key Supreme Court Win

Mary B. Powers

September 23, 2021

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Long controversial 120-mile line from Pa. was allowed to seize NJ state land, but now developer is unclear on its schedule or intent to build the project.

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Oil Pipeline Developer to Pay $35M in Big Frack Spill Settlement

August 19, 2021

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Summit Midstream Partners agrees to federal and North Dakota criminal and civil fines for 29-million-gallon spill of hydraulic fracking wastewater near Williston, N.D. that US said is record for an inland rupture.

Natural Gas

US Judge Rejects Pennsylvania Suit to Reverse Fracking Ban

Stephanie Loder

June 22, 2021

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Marcellus Shale region municipalities and legislators lack standing to overturn Delaware River Basin Commission's February permanent halt

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California Gov. Orders Halt to Oil Fracking Permits by 2024

Erica Berardi

April 23, 2021

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Gov. Gavin Newsom directed state agencies to stop the permits by 2024; state weighs ending all oil extraction activities by 2045.

Legal

Oklahoma Lawsuits Claim Link Between Fracking and Earthquakes

Class-action and tribal filings cite cluster of quakes in 2016

Pam McFarland

September 25, 2018

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Pawnee nation lawsuit marks the first time an insurance company has sued oil companies for earthquake-related damages.

Project Team Delivers 20-Mile Water Pipeline Project in 90 Days

Autumn Cafiero Giusti

July 31, 2017

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Amid rigorous scheduling demands, construction is wrapping up on an $18 million project to build a 20-mile, high-capacity pipeline in Pecos to deliver water for use in hydraulic fracturing projects.

Environment

Drinking-Water Concerns Dominate 2016

Corroded lead lines and aging infrastructure are national problems

Pam Hunter McFarland

December 23, 2016

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Public awareness about need for new water infrastructure grew as a result of Michigan's tribulations.

EPA: Some Fracking Practices Could Contaminate Water

Pam Radtke Russell

December 20, 2016

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In a new report that concludes hydraulic fracturing can taint drinking water in some instances, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pinpoints steps in the fracking process in which better engineering, well construction and monitoring could help to prevent contamination.

Pam Hunter McFarland

June 8, 2016

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Two Interior Dept. bureaus have concluded that oil and gas well-stimulation techniques, including hydraulic fracturing, off the coast of California do not pose a significant environmental risk.

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Articles Tagged with ''hydraulic fracturing (fracking)''

Developers Cancel $1B PennEast Natural Gas Pipeline

$1B PennEast Gas Line May Not Happen, Despite Key Supreme Court Win

Oil Pipeline Developer to Pay $35M in Big Frack Spill Settlement

US Judge Rejects Pennsylvania Suit to Reverse Fracking Ban

California Gov. Orders Halt to Oil Fracking Permits by 2024

Oklahoma Lawsuits Claim Link Between Fracking and Earthquakes

Project Team Delivers 20-Mile Water Pipeline Project in 90 Days

Drinking-Water Concerns Dominate 2016

EPA: Some Fracking Practices Could Contaminate Water

Dept. of Interior Agencies: Coastal Fracking Can Resume

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