Anti-fracking activists are searching for a legal strategy to challenge the constitutionality of a new state law that appears to overturn the frack ban that Denton voters passed last November. Denton Record-Chronicle, Texas. 28 May 2015.
Tag: courts and lawsuits
Denton, Texas, banned fracking last year – then the frackers fought back
State’s Republican politicians counter anti-fracking insurgency by banning the ban, as critics say ‘they’ve just handed the golden ticket to oil and gas.’ The Guardian, May 22 2015
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/22/denton-texas-banned-fracking-
After years of inaction, EPA tightens toxic air standard for oil refineries
A lawsuit by an advocacy group helped force an update of emissions standards for dangerous chemicals that went unchanged nearly 30 years. InsideClimate News, April 22 2015
Pipeline company threatens legal action against survey holdouts
Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC sent out letters threatening legal action against property owners who refused access to their land for surveying. West Virginia Public Broadcasting, West Virginia. 9 March 2015.
http://wvpublic.org/post/pipeline-company-threatens-legal-action-against-survey-holdouts
Fewer trade secrets for Wyoming fracking fluid
A court settlement will make it harder for companies to hide chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing. High Country News, Feb. 11, 2015.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/wyoming-win-fracking-fluids-transparency
Wyoming, Halliburton agree to greater fracking disclosure
A legal settlement reached by environmental groups, Wyoming regulators and the oil services giant Halliburton will make it harder for companies to withhold information from the public about the chemicals used in fracking. Casper Star-Tribune, Wyoming,
Federal judge strikes down New Mexico county’s fracking ban as unconstitutional
The U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico on Monday struck down a ban on fracking and drilling in Mora County, a rural area about 100 miles northeast of Santa Fe, saying the ban conflicts with both state and U.S. law. EnergyWire. 22 January 2015.
http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060011991
Obama administration sued over Gulf of Mexico fracking info
An environmental advocacy group sued the Obama administration in federal court on Thursday for refusing to release documents detailing the extent of fracking in the Gulf of Mexico. Associated Press, January 8, 2015.
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/center/articles/2015/abc-news-01-08-2015.html