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Steptoe & Johnson PLLC: DOE Study: Fracking Didn't Contaminate Water
Posted on 22 Jul 2013 by Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

By Brian J. Pulito A landmark federal study on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) shows no evidence that chemicals from the natural gas drilling process moved up to contaminate drinking water aquifers at a Western Pennsylvania drilling site. Richard Hammack... Read More

Tags: horizontal wells , Richard Hammack , alternative energy , fracking , NETL , National Energy Technology Laboratory , Pennsylvania , Natural gas , Energy Regulation , hydraulic fracturing , Marcellus Shale , DOE , Department of Energy , Greene County

Troutman Sanders: DOI and DOE Release 'Roadmap' for Solar Energy Development
Posted on 1 Aug 2012 by Troutman Sanders

On July 27, 2012, the Department of the Interior ("DOI") Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") and the Department of Energy ("DOE") announced the availability of the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement ("PEIS"... Read More

Tags: solar energy , DOI , Colorado , Bureau of Land Management , California , Nevada , Arizona , Ken Salazar , Department of the Interior , New Mexico , PEIS , Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement , Utah , DOE , BLM , Troutman Sanders , Department of Energy , energy

Columbia Law School Center for Climate Change Law: DOE Requires States to Review and Possibly Update Building Energy Codes
Posted on 3 Aug 2011 by J. Cullen Howe

By J. Cullen Howe, Environmental Law Specialist, Arnold & Porter LLP The Department of Energy recently published two final determinations that will require states to review and possibly update their residential and commercial building energy efficiency... Read More

Tags: Green Buildings , J. Cullen Howe , building energy , Porter , IECC , model codes , energy conservation , Energy Policy Act , DOE , Department of Energy , energy efficiency , energy

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC: FERC Issues First Authorization to Export LNG from Domestic Production
Posted on 25 Apr 2012 by Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

By Kurt L. Krieger On April 16, 2012, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved a Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC and Sabine Pass LNG, L.P. proposal to site, construct and operate facilities at Cameron Parish, Louisiana, to export up to... Read More

Tags: Sabine Pass Liquefaction , LNG , liquefied natural gas , Johnson , Steptoe &amp , Sabine Pass LNG , Louisiana , Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , FERC , DOE , Department of Energy , energy