Saturday, August 10, 2013
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Fracking references, August, 2013.
References regarding legal issues.
1. In 2012 the EPA established new and updated air pollution regulations for fracking that could result in major reductions in emissions of methane and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), particularly from new fracked natural gas wells. These rules go into effect Jan., 2015. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
2. Excellent site on federal legislation regarding fracking; see especially the first article. Assembled by FAS, the Federation of American Scientists, which probably has a liberal bias, but the articles themselves were produced by the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress so they should be unbiased; from July, 2013: http://blogs.fas.org/secrecy/
3. Fracking approved in Illinois, June 2013; Gov. Quinn signs law which he says has the strongest regulations in the country; mainstream environmental groups helped write the law; other activist groups feel betrayed: http://insideclimatenews.org/
4. Fracking laws in other countries and for U.S. states. Very useful but maybe not updated in 2013? Keeptapwatersafe.org
5. An excellent, lengthy blog post with lots of links to key materials and sources, July, 2013: http://lawprofessors.typepad.
6. A Resources for the Future report entitled The State of State Shale Gas Regulation. The report describes, analyzes, and compares 25 regulatory elements related to shale gas development across 31 states. It is the most comprehensive review to date of state shale gas regulations. An amazing set of maps showing state by state regulations in each area: how far to set back from homes or water supply, disposal regulations, etc. What a resource! http://www.rff.org/shalemaps.
7. A website with lots of information such as lists of the chemicals used, locations of wells, regulations listed by state: fracfocus.org . However, it is managed by the groundwater protection council which seems to have a pro-fracking slant (anytime the term is spelled fracing without the k such as “fracfocus” it is probably being written from a pro-fracking slant): http://www.gwpc.org/programs/
References regarding legal issues.
1. In 2012 the EPA established new and updated air pollution regulations for fracking that could result in major reductions in emissions of methane and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), particularly from new fracked natural gas wells. These rules go into effect Jan., 2015. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
2. Excellent site on federal legislation regarding fracking; see especially the first article. Assembled by FAS, the Federation of American Scientists, which probably has a liberal bias, but the articles themselves were produced by the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress so they should be unbiased; from July, 2013: http://blogs.fas.org/secrecy/
3. Fracking approved in Illinois, June 2013; Gov. Quinn signs law which he says has the strongest regulations in the country; mainstream environmental groups helped write the law; other activist groups feel betrayed: http://insideclimatenews.org/
4. Fracking laws in other countries and for U.S. states. Very useful but maybe not updated in 2013? Keeptapwatersafe.org
5. An excellent, lengthy blog post with lots of links to key materials and sources, July, 2013: http://lawprofessors.typepad.
6. A Resources for the Future report entitled The State of State Shale Gas Regulation. The report describes, analyzes, and compares 25 regulatory elements related to shale gas development across 31 states. It is the most comprehensive review to date of state shale gas regulations. An amazing set of maps showing state by state regulations in each area: how far to set back from homes or water supply, disposal regulations, etc. What a resource! http://www.rff.org/shalemaps.
7. A website with lots of information such as lists of the chemicals used, locations of wells, regulations listed by state: fracfocus.org . However, it is managed by the groundwater protection council which seems to have a pro-fracking slant (anytime the term is spelled fracing without the k such as “fracfocus” it is probably being written from a pro-fracking slant): http://www.gwpc.org/programs/
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