Friday, September 19, 2025

Permanent Frac and Drilling Ban in the Works

From AP/The Morning Call Pike and Wayne Counties have had moratorium for 7 years A seven-year moratorium on natural gas development near the Delaware River would be replaced by a permanent ban under a proposal that’s being developed by the agency that oversees the water supply of more than 15 million people. The Delaware River Basin Commission, a regulatory body

White House Quietly Pushing ‘Small Scale’ LNG Exports That Avoid Environmental Reviews

From DeSmog The Trump administration proposed regulations to expedite the permitting process for natural gas exports from “small-scale” facilities on the Friday before Labor Day. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) had proposed an alteration of the rules for the export of “small-scale” liquefied natural gas (LNG) under the Natural Gas Act. The proposal will now be open to a public commenting period set to end