February 16, 2016 | Category:
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oil and gas Democratic Senator Calls for Application of Racketeering Laws to Oil Companies Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island), pictured above, and a cadre of prominent lawyers are pushing for oil companies to be held liable under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), just as tobacco companies were in 2006. In 2006, and as affirmed […]
February 2, 2016 | Category:
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oil and gasDepartment of Interior Releases Proposed Updates to Natural Gas Emissions Regulations The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) released proposed updates to natural gas emissions regulations for oil and gas operations on Native American and public lands on Friday. The proposal, which focuses on limiting flaring at oil wells and venting from gas storage tanks, […]
January 23, 2016 | Category:
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oil and gasEnvironmentalists Push for Moratorium on Oil and Gas Leasing The Obama administration stopped the leasing of federally owned coal mining companies on January 15, pending the completion of a programmatic environmental impact statement analyzing how the decision making process factors in environmental and public health concerns. On Wednesday, WildEarth Guardians, an anti-coal activist group part […]
January 18, 2016 | Category:
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oil and gasCalifornia Energy Companies at Odds on Potential Use of Cap and Trade California energy companies are divided on the state’s plan to use its cap-and-trade program as its principle means of compliance with the U.S. EPA’s Clean Power Plan (“CPP”). The federal plan will require California to reduce its power-sector emissions about 13% below 2012 […]
January 14, 2016 | Category:
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Pat MitchellFor the Second Year In A Row, Mitchell Chadwick has been listed as one of the best land-use firms in California by U.S. News & World Report. The U.S.News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review […]
December 8, 2015 | Category:
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Public LandsStudy: Unlocking America’s Energy Is The Best Economic Stimulus The Institute for Energy Research released a new study in December 2015 which considered the economic impacts of opening all federal lands and waters to oil and gas production. The report provides an update to a similar 2013 study in light of the current low price […]
Senators Introduce “Keep it in the Ground Act of 2015,” a Bill Proposing to Ban Leases for Oil and Gas Drilling on Federal Property Two U.S. Senators introduced a bill on November 4, 2015 that would have wide-reaching ramifications on mining, and domestic energy production on federal lands. Senators Bernie Sanders and Jeff Merkley introduced the […]
Governor Brown was just interested in geology… The Associated Press found state records disclosing Brown requested state workers at DOGGR research the geology at his family’s property to look for “potential for future oil and gas activity” there. DOGGR employees produced a 51-page historical report and geological assessment, and a personalized satellite-image geological and oil […]
August 31, 2015 | Category:
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WaterEnviros Threaten EPA: Tighten Drilling Regulations or Get Sued On August 26, 2015, a consortium of environmental groups led by the Environmental Integrity Project and the Natural Resources Defense Council gave the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) official notice of their intent to sue and compel the agency to update its regulations on drilling waste. The […]
April 6, 2015 | Category:
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Water LawThe California Department of Conservation (“DOC”) will file an Emergency Regulatory Action with the State Office of Administrative Law on April 9, 2015 establishing emergency rules to regulate underground oil and gas injection wells to address concerns that many of the injection wells were contaminating drinking water aquifers. The April 9th filing sets up an […]
