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March 14, 2013

Federal Legislation Aims to Close “Fracking Loopholes”

Pennsylvania Representative Matthew Cartwright (D-17) has introduced legislation to remove oil and gas industry exemptions from the federal Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act. Cartwright is from Scranton, and his district stretches over six counties including Schuylkill, Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, and Northampton County. The “FRESHER” Act would remove federal regulatory exemptions related to storm water [...]

October 24, 2012

Environmental Groups Petition EPA Over Fracking Disclosure

Environmental groups from across the country have signed on to a petition asking the EPA to include the oil and gas industry in a national database of chemical releases. The Toxics Release Inventory requires companies to report the quantity of chemicals that end up in the air, water, land, landfills, and treatment facilities. Congress established [...]

July 25, 2012

Senator Casey Introduces Bill to Support Natural Gas Powered Vehicles

Senator Bob Casey has introduced a bill aimed at increasing demand for natural gas. The STATE Natural Gas Act would create a competitive grant process through the Department of Energy to fund public and private investments in natural gas vehicles and infrastructure. StateImpact Pennsylvania recently reported on the challenges to natural gas vehicle development, including [...]

May 4, 2012

EPA Issues New Guidelines on Fracking with Diesel Fuel

The EPA has proposed new guidelines for states on issuing permits to drillers who use diesel fuel as a component in fracking oil and natural gas wells. The EPA is forbidden from regulating fracking under the Safe Drinking Water Act, unless it involves the use of diesel fuel. “The draft guidance outlines for EPA permit [...]

December 5, 2011

Burning Question: What Would Life Be Like Without the Halliburton Loophole?

Dick Cheney Speaks At The American Enterprise Institute

Our most popular Burning Question, as voted on by  StateImpact readers, is one that came from Howard Weissman. Weissman wants to know what the impact would be if federal regulations that apply to other industries were applied to the natural gas industry. Here’s Howard’s query: Even though I don’t live in Pennsylvania (I’m in Delaware) I [...]

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