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Connecticut Heating Oil Group Sues Over NatGas Expansion

The Connecticut Energy Marketers Association (CEMA), which represents heating oil and gasoline dealers, filed a lawsuit against the state Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) on Friday, accusing regulators of failing to assess environmental impacts from a plan to expand natural gas infrastructure in Connecticut. Read More

Another 0.56 Bcf/d Won't Hurt, FERC Tells Sierra Club on Sabine Pass LNG

The Sierra Club was thwarted Thursday in its bid to prevent the Sabine Pass LNG LP terminal in Cameron Parish, LA, from gaining FERC authorization for another 0.56 Bcf/d of capacity. Read More

Canada's NEB Gives Would-Be Offshore Drillers a Break

Arctic gas and oil hunters have been spared having to conduct environmental assessments twice on their plans to return to Canadian waters of the Beaufort Sea. Read More

PennFuture Files Second Appeal Over Anadarko Permit in Lycoming County

For the second time in six months, an environmental group in Pennsylvania has made an appeal to the state's Environmental Hearing Board to challenge a permit... Read More

Nevada Group Seeks Injunction Against BLM Leases

A conservation-minded citizens group in northeastern Nevada has filed for a preliminary injunction to block a disputed Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lease sale until a more complete environmental review is done. Read More

New York Judge Dismisses Frack Delay Lawsuits; Appeal 'Very Likely'

A judge in New York State dismissed two lawsuits filed against Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other officials over the ongoing regulatory delay for considering high-volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF), on the grounds that the plaintiffs in both cases do not have proper legal standing. Read More

WVU Researchers Focus on Reducing Shale Drilling Risks

A series of precautions, some of which are already being used, can help reduce environmental and health risks associated with horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (fracking), according to a study by researchers at West Virginia University (WVU). Read More

Carrizo Fined for Two Separate Spills in NE Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has fined Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. $192,044 for two separate incidents that occurred in the northeast part of the state last year. Read More

EPA Says FERC Should Weigh Gas Production Stimulus Effects of Cove Point

FERC should pay close attention to the potential impacts of increased natural gas production in its decision-making process for the Cove Point Liquefaction project, and it should also focus on potential environmental justice impacts from the Calvert County, MD, facility, according to the U.S. Environmental Agency (EPA). Read More

FERC's Handling of Tennessee's Northeast Upgrade Project Faulted by Appeals Court

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday ruled that FERC "impermissibly segmented the environmental review" of Tennessee Gas Pipeline's (TGP) Northeast Upgrade Project and remanded the case to the Commission "for further consideration of segmentation and cumulative impacts." Read More