California’s proposal to regulate hydraulic fracking *

USA - December 20 2012
On December 18, 2012, California’s Department of Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) released its long-awaited draft of hydraulic fracturing regulations (Fracking Regulations).

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Using CEQA to regulate hydraulic fracturing *

USA - October 25 2012
On October 17, 2012, the Sierra Club and a number of other environmental groups filed a lawsuit to force the California Department of Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) to prepare an environmental impact report (EIR) for the drilling or reworking of oil or gas wells in California.

Co-authors: Anna Shimko, Sigrid R. Waggener.

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The economics of shale gas and hydraulic fracturing in California *

USA - October 25 2012
The enormous flurry of hydraulic fracturing and production activity in the Marcellus, Utica, Barnett, Fayetteville and Haynesville Shale plays over the last several years has led to an oversupply of natural gas.

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No causation, no case: how Lone Pine orders can increase judicial economy and dispose of meritless claims in hydraulic fracturing litigation *

USA - July 20 2012
In light of sprawling, complex and costly toxic tort claims, courts are turning to case management mechanisms to expedite the resolution of these claims.

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Will Sackett impact the USEPA's regulation of hydraulic fracking? *

USA - March 28 2012
On March 21, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision that clarified the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA) administrative enforcement authority.

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