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Texas OGAP to hold meeting to provide feedback on Texas oversight of drilling/fracking.
Last year, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality established a new policy for reporting gas drilling odors. It doesn't concern itself with water pollution or anything underground. Just the air.
Eight months later, the Texas Oil & Gas Accountability Project wants to check in with TCEQ -- and the people affected -- to show them how effective this new policy is.
Tagged with: fracking, drilling, texas ogap, tceq, odor
We need to clean up old uranium messes, and make sure we have rules to prevent new ones, before we mine more uranium
Yesterday, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources conducted a hearing concerning H.R. 4817. The bill would amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) of 1977 and give uncertified States and Indian tribes authority to use payments to take care of certain noncoal (i.e. uranium) reclamation projects.
Tagged with: new mexico, abandoned mines, uranium, smcra, energy and minerals, hr4817
TCEQ sees no evil in current gas industry oversight. Texas family sees otherwise.
Last year, after concerted pressure demonstrating that its non-regulation of natural gas extraction and infrastructure industry was harming its citizens, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality announced new policies to protect Texas citizens from irresponsible companies.
Eight months later, EARTHWORKS' Texas Oil & Gas Accountability Project is going to hold a public meeting to review how those new policies are doing. But TCEQ doesn t want to participate.
Tagged with: public health, toxics, texas ogap, barnett shale, tceq, parr
Look before you lease! (and after, too)
We're holding workshops in Pennsylvania and Ohio for landowners considering leasing or who have already leased, and anyone concerned about surface owner rights, leasing, and the impacts of gas development. [registration info after the jump]
Tagged with: marcellus shale, landowner workshops
How to Drill Right: Our new Montana model county oil & gas regs
 Photo: Rocky Mountain Front near Browning, MT Credit: Gwen Lachelt/EARTHWORKS |
We've worked with a number of county and municipal governments in a variety of states to enact or improve their oil and gas regulations.
While local governments are sometimes limited in what aspects of oil and gas development they can regulate, local regulations can significantly mitigate property, nuisance, public health and environmental impacts.
To provide guidance on what counties can and cannot regulate in Montana, we have prepared a model for county regulations in the state.
Please contact us with questions, ideas or consultation regarding local regulations in your areas.
Tagged with: ogap, regulation, montana
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