A federal judge has ordered that the Dakota Access oil pipeline be temporarily shut down by Aug. 5 for an in-depth environmental review of the project, Kallansh Energy reports. That order came from U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in what was a major setback for the Trump administration and the controversial pipeline and a major
Read More...A federal appeals court has refused to lift the ruling of a Montana federal judge that blocks construction on the Keystone XL oil pipeline. That ruling could add a new delay for the $8 billion pipeline project from western Canada to the U.S. Midwest, Kallanish Energy reports. TC Energy, the Canadian company behind the pipeline,
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … The Dimock pigs to rigs lawsuit continues to move backward for the attorneys who brought it. Ray Kemble, their supposed client, claims ignorance. Whoa! “Curiouser and curiouser.” Ray Kemble, rough-cut hero, it often seems, of the fractivist movement everywhere but Susquehanna County, is now “basically placing all the
Read More...Despite its recent ruling in Andrews v. Antero, the West Virginia Supreme Court’s most recent ruling represents a rare victory for its residents, according to Shale Ohio. EQT was sued by landowners and lessors Crowder and Wentz after it drilled on their land to access natural gas underneath neighboring properties. The high court ruled in
Read More...U.S. Solicitor General Noel Francisco has asked the Supreme Court to review a decision by the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that vacated permits for Dominion Energy Inc.’s $7.5 billion Atlantic Coast pipeline, according to Bloomberg. In its previous ruling, the appeals court determined the U.S. Forest Service violated the National Forest Management
Read More...The West Virginia Supreme Court recently sided with Antero Resources Corp. in a case brought against the company by Harrison County landowners, according to the Charleston Gazette-Mail. The court upheld a lower court ruling that threw out a collection of lawsuits that argued Antero’s operations in the Cherry Camp area had created a nuisance. Furthermore,
Read More...New York Attorney General Letitia “Tish” James’s case Martin Act case against ExxonMobil is still in pre-trial hearings, but Justice Barry Ostrager is already losing patience. On Monday, at an initial hearing to discuss dismissing five of ExxonMobil’s defenses and other pre-trial motions, Justice Ostrager pushed the AG’s office to whittle down its lengthy witness
Read More...Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … Andrew Cuomo is clearly trying to position himself to run for President at some point, but his actions show why he’ll never go anywhere outside of New York. Andrew Cuomo is an unusually good demagogue within New York, where city voters dominate and much of the electorate supposes electricity
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