The Obama Administration is expected to release new regulations for hydraulic fracturing on public lands soon. Reuters reports Interior Secretary Sally Jewell told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee last week the Department of Interior is “very close” to releasing the new rules: “The fracking rules are not bowing to industry pressure or environmental pressure,” Jewell told [...]
The Obama Administration made it easier for a proposed offshore wind project to move into the permitting phase today. The Atlantic Wind Connection would be the first offshore wind project to build undersea transmission cables that connect to the power grid along the East Coast. Referred to as a “backbone,” it would connect offshore wind [...]
Here’s one thing groups on both sides of the fracking debate can agree on — they don’t like the new regulations proposed by the Department of Interior for fracking on public lands. On the one side, environmentalists say companies should have to disclose the chemicals upfront, before any fracking takes place. The proposal now requires [...]
The Obama Administration will require drilling companies to get prior approval before fracking on public lands, and reveal the chemicals used in fracking. The Dept. of Interior is releasing the proposed rules today. Initial press reports say they would require companies to disclose the chemicals after a well has been fracked. Environmentalists say those chemicals [...]
Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar says drillers will have to comply with new rules when it comes to fracking on public lands. Salazar told a group in Cleveland this week that those rules would include well inspections after the fracking is completed to insure no damage occurred to drinking water supplies. When questioned on Capitol [...]
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