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Groups Petition DOE to Revise Out-of-Date Policy for Approving Natural Gas Exports
Posted by EcoWatch: Sierra Club on April 9th, 2013
EcoWatch: Today, the Sierra Club and a list of environmental coalition partners have filed a petition with the Department of Energy (DOE) to revise the nearly 30-year-old policy guidelines for approving natural gas exports. The petition urges the DOE to establish new regulations or guidance, defining how the DOE will review and approve applications to develop liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals.
Organizations that have signed the petition include Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy, Center for Biological...
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Comments Off on Groups Petition DOE to Revise Out-of-Date Policy for Approving Natural Gas ExportsCourt Victory for Opponents of Fracking in California
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on April 9th, 2013
EcoWatch: Today, a federal judge has ruled that the Obama Administration violated the law when it issued oil leases in Monterey County, Calif., without considering the environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking. The ruling came in response to a suit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club, challenging a September 2011 decision by the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to auction off about 2,500 acres of land in southern Monterey County to oil companies....