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Research at WVU concludes waste from test fracking wells safe to be on highways
From WVUToday MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Researchers at West Virginia University studied drilling wastes produced at two research wells near Morgantown and found they are well below federal guidelines for radioactive or hazardous waste. Paul Ziemkiewicz, director of the West Virginia Water Research Institute at WVU, will present these and other findings from the Marcellus Shale ...
DC Circuit Challenge to EPA’s New Methane Rules Gains Steam
By Stan Parker Law360, New York (August 2, 2016, 8:43 PM ET) The coalition challenging new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations on methane emissions swelled in size Tuesday, with more than a dozen states and a host of fossil fuel industry groups asking the D.C. Circuit to review the ...
Judge Strikes Down Obama Rule on Fracking on Public Lands
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. http://www. wsj .ccm/articles/judge-strikes-down-obama-rule-on-fracki ng-on-public-lands-1466600116 U.S. Judge Strikes Down Obama Rule on Fracking on Public Lands Interior Department lacked the authority to issue stricter regulation, federal judge in Wyoming finds By AMY HARDER Updated June 22, 2016 6:35 p.m. ET A federal judge in Wyoming has ...
ES-AAPG Meeting Update
Plenty of new information has been added to the website for the September 25-27 ES-AAPG meeting in Lexington, Kentucky! Check the agenda page here for a newly-posted preliminary schedule for our technical sessions, updated information on workshops and field trips, and a new link to meetings and social events during ...
News of Interest
Hot Mess: How Radioactive Fracking Waste Wound Up Near Homes And Schools By Glynis Board • Jun 20, 2016 The energy that lights up, turns on, cools and heats our lives leaves a trail of waste. Natural gas is no exception. The waste from the gas drilling known ...
