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Hydraulic Fracturing
520 published works
Energy & the Law
The Fracking Fracas, Part 2
Last week’s discussion of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury's report on alleged failures in enforcement of hydraulic fracturing is worthy of a follow-up. Here, combined into one document, is the Grand…
The Energy Law Blog
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Weighs in on Hydraulic Fracturing and Subsurface Trespass
By Jamie D. Rhymes, Caleb J. Madere, Jeff Lieberman
In January of this year, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania tackled an issue that has been confronted by few other courts—whether the rule of capture precludes a claim for subsurface…
Energy & the Law
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Says No Trespass by Fracking
Co-authors Paul Yale and Rusty Tucker Herein, highlights from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in Briggs, et al. v. Southwestern Energy Production Company. The rule of capture applies to oil and gas…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
PA Supreme Court Holds the Rule of Capture Applies to Hydraulic Fracturing Operations
By Ilya Batikov
On January 22, 2020, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania decided Briggs v. Southwestern Energy Prod. Co. The issue before the Court was whether the rule of capture applies when a…
Environmental and Climate
Center for Biological Diversity v. Department of Conservation, etc. (2019) 36 Cal.App.5th 210
Center for Biological Diversity v. Department of Conservation, etc. (2019) 36 Cal.App.5th 210 The Legislature passed Senate Bill 4 (SB 4) in 2013, requiring the Department of Conservation, Division of Oil,…
Zalma on Insurance
Speculative Damages not Legally Cognizable
By Barry Zalma
Class Action for Increased Premiums Fails Insurance is a promise to indemnify a person insured against specified risks of loss. Insurance premiums are set by the insurer based upon the…
CEQA Developments
The Curious Case of the EIR Without A “Project”: Third District Rejects CEQA, Statutory Challenges To DOGGR’s “Unique” S.B. 4-Mandated EIR Analyzing Statewide Fracking/Well Stimulation Impacts
In a 38-page opinion filed on May 16, and belatedly ordered published on June 14, 2019, the Third District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s judgment rejecting all of…
Stoel Rives Environmental Law
Be Careful of What You Wish For – Environmental Groups Complain about the Environmental Study of Hydraulic Fracturing That They Sued BLM to do
On April 29, 2019, the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a Draft Supplement Environmental Impact Statement (Draft SEIS) analyzing potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing for…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
Further Environmental Review Required for Fracking Off California Coast
A federal court has prohibited the U.S. Department of the Interior from approving any plans or permits for hydraulic fracturing off the California coast until it complies with the Coastal…
China Law Insight
Q&A | Hydraulic fracturing
By King & Wood
By Wu Qing King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulatory groupKing & Wood Mallesons (“KWM”) is the exclusive partner firm of Thomson Reuters in PRC for its environmental law section. KWM has…