Pennsylvania democratic lawmakers introduced a group of bills intended to tighten up shale gas industry regulations within the state, according to Farm and Dairy. The legislation is a response to last summer’s grand jury report on the industry, which found the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection failed to protect residents from the health impacts of hydraulic
Read More...In a recent decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided the state attorney general’s office can’t invoke the state’s consumer protection law to sue Chesapeake Energy Corp. and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. on behalf of landowners who claim they didn’t get fair deals in leasing their mineral rights, according to Penn Live. The high court concluded only buyers
Read More...A recently-filed class action lawsuit claims Encino Energy and its affiliates underpaid landowners in Columbiana and Carroll counties in Ohio at least $5 million for oil and natural gas royalties, according to Farm and Dairy. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio on Oct. 18 by the
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