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Fulbright & Jaworski LLP: New EPA Report Again Ties Wyoming Water Pollution To Fracking
Posted on 5 Nov 2012 by Norton Rose Fulbright

On October 10, 2012, as a follow-up to its December 2011 draft report concerning allegations of groundwater contamination in Pavillion, Wyoming, the EPA released the methodology and results for additional water samples collected from two monitoring wells... Read More

Tags: Wyoming , fracking , fracing , Environmental Protection Agency , Natural gas , environment , oil , energy law , Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality , hydraulic fracturing , Encana Corp. , gas , water pollution , EPA , energy

Fulbright & Jaworski LLP Fracking Blog: Federal vs. State Regulation
Posted on 8 Nov 2012 by Norton Rose Fulbright

On September 10, 2012, members of the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Natural Resources wrote to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, requesting that the Bureau of Land Management's proposed regulations governing hydraulic fracturing... Read More

Tags: federal lands , Wyoming , fracking , Fulbright &amp , U.S. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources , Jaworski , Ken Salazar , oil , state regulation , energy law , hydraulic fracturing , Bureau of Land Management' , BLM , gas , federal regulation , energy

Troutman Sanders: Obama Administration Chooses 7 Electric Transmission Projects for Accelerated Permitting and Construction
Posted on 19 Oct 2011 by Troutman Sanders

On October 5, 2011, the Obama Administration announced that it would "accelerate" permitting and construction of seven proposed electric transmission lines. These projects will serve as pilot demonstrations of streamlined processes and increased... Read More

Tags: Colorado , Wyoming , Minnesota , Nevada , Arizona , New Jersey , Pennsylvania , Obama administration , New Mexico , power , Idaho , Renewable Energy , Utah , Oregon , Wisconsin , Rapid Response Team for Transmission , electric transmission lines , energy