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Premier Reaffirms South Australia’s Partial Frac Ban
From News.Au
South Australian Premier Steven Marshall has reaffirmed his state’s partial ban on fracking to a gathering of oil and gas industry chiefs.
The partial ban on fracking in South Australia will remain, with Premier Steven Marshall telling energy …
Limiting Shale Development: Virginia County Creates 40-Acre Resource Extraction Districts, Imposes Strict Frac Regulations
County Board of Supervisors put in strong zoning restrictions before looking into imposing an all-out frac ban
From Fredricksburg.com/The Free Lance-Star
Westmoreland County, Va. – Moments after the Westmoreland Board of Supervisors passed amendments Monday night to strictly limit …
Drilling the Western Side of the Wattenberg: Boulder County Commissioners Ask State to Deny Drilling Permits to Extraction Oil & Gas Subsidiary
This week, the Boulder County Commissioners told its residents that 8 North LLC, a subsidiary of Extraction Oil and Gas, LLC had applied with the State of Colorado for permits to drill a 1,280-acre area at the far eastern edge …
New York Banned Fracing but Spends $95 Million for Natural Gas Powered Buses
North American bus manufacturing giant New Flyer Industries Inc. (ticker: NFI), announced on Monday that it contracted with New York City Transit Authority (NYCT) to deliver 110 heavy-duty 60-foot articulated buses—fueled with compressed natural gas (CNG).
The state-funded contract, a …
Hearing Feb. 22: Bill Requires Colo. Cities that Impose Frac Bans to Pay Operators, Lessees, Royalty Owners for Losses
Important hearing for HB 17-1124 at Colorado State Capitol — Feb. 22
Legislators in Denver have proposed a bill that would require a local government that interferes with oil and gas operations in Colorado to compensate oil and gas …
Colorado’s City and County of Broomfield Seeks Frac Moratorium–Again: Council Puts off Decision
Extraction Oil & Gas’s proposed drilling program spurred citizen action and reaction by Broomfield council
On Jan. 10, 2017, the City and County of Broomfield, Colorado, held a public hearing on its proposed ordinance No. 2038 which calls for imposing …
Colorado Could Lose $14.5 Billion, 104,000 Jobs and Suffer Reduced GDP if Ballot Initiative 78 Passes – UPDATE
Aug. 8 deadline looms
Ballot proposal 78 could reduce the surface area available for drilling in Colorado by 90%: COGCC report
While the economic impacts would not likely put the state into a recession, they would reduce the state’s GDP
…Dutch Government Bans Hydraulic Fracturing for Five Years
Exploration wells to be allowed with permission from the government
Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs Henk Kamp announced that the government will impose a ban on hydraulic fracturing until 2020. “No commercial exploration or extraction of shale gas will take …
Wyoming Judge Temporarily Halts New BLM Regulations in Four States
BLM head Sally Jewell says old regulations were behind the times
U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl of Wyoming granted a request by Colorado, North Dakota, Utah and Wyoming to temporarily delay new Bureau of Land Management (BLM) regulations today
while …
After Seven Years of Study, New York Formally Bans Hydraulic Fracturing
The decision follows the release of the DEC’s 1,448-page report on hydraulic fracturing
New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens announced today that hydraulic fracturing would be formally banned in the state of New York.
The announcement …
Denton Considers Lifting Frac Ban
House Bill 40 makes Denton frac ban unenforceable
Denton City Council held a meeting last night to consider its options for moving forward with the ban on hydraulic fracturing that it enacted in December of last year. The Texas …
New Texas Law Pre-empts Local Frac Bans
HB 40 hopes to clarify limits of local control on oil and gas operations, preventing frac bans
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed legislation today designed to pre-empt local regulations on drilling activities in the state. The bill, House Bill 40…
Oklahoma Senate Says No to Frac Bans
A bill that would prohibit local frac bans is expected to reach the Governor
The Oklahoma House approved a bill 64-32 that would prevent local governments from enacting bans on hydraulic fracturing. Senate Bill 809 would leave local governments with …
Hydraulic Fracturing Debate Heating Up in Michigan
Initiatives targeting oil and gas development are becoming more and more common around the country, and Michigan is the latest state to play host to the hydraulic fracturing debate.
For the third election season in Michigan, opposition to the development …
Litigation Moving Forward to Lift Broomfield Frac Ban
A district court judge allows litigation to lift a Colorado frac ban to proceed
District Court Judge C. Scott Crabtree has decided not to dismiss a motion from the Colorado Oil & Gas Association (COGA) to lift a local moratorium …
Colorado Oil and Gas Task Force Holds Final Meeting Today Amid Protests
Will deliver policy recommendations to Gov. Hickenlooper this week
The Colorado Oil and Gas Task Force is holding its final meeting today in order to discuss amendments to the recommendations it plans to send to Governor Hickenlooper later this week. …
New York’s Southern Tier Threatens Secession over Governor’s Frac Ban
Southern Tier threatens to leave NY for PA: Everybody over the border has new cars, new roofs, new siding
Following a decision in December of last year to ban hydraulic fracturing in New York, several towns in New York’s …