California halts fracking permits after massive spill
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
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California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state would halt the approval of permits to conduct steam-injected drilling, a form of fracking, pending scientific review. That method of drilling was used by Chevron in a central California oil field that leaked 1.3 million gallons of oil and water this summer.
The moratorium on new steam-injected fracking permits will continue while Lawrence Livermore and Sandia National Laboratories study the drilling process and determine whether new regulations could make the process safer. California has long been a major oil producing state, currently ranking seventh according to the Energy Information Administration.
Full funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund passes key Senate hurdle
On Tuesday, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted to fully and permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund, a critical program that uses offshore drilling revenues to increase access to public lands and recreation opportunities. The bipartisan legislation is now set for a vote before the full Senate, though it is unclear if, or when, Majority Leader McConnell would schedule such a vote.
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Representatives urge appropriators to block funding for BLM headquarters relocation
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Outdoor companies feeling the squeeze of China trade war, pay billions in tariffs
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What America lost when it lost its bison
The Atlantic
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With declining coal and oil industries, Wyoming faces crisis
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Study finds 99 percent of endangered species are sensitive to climate change, but regulators are failing to act
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After deadly home explosion, Colorado regulators weigh mapping flowlines
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Full funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund passes key Senate hurdle
The Hill
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 With only a fraction of reassignment employees opting to relocate, we are extremely concerned that moving forward with the relocation would increasingly jeopardize oversight, not to mention the protection of public lands from oil and gas interests.”
—Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and U.S. Representatives, The Hill |
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