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EPA Unlikely To Step Up Fracking Enforcement: Analysts
Federal regulators are unlikely to step up enforcement of potential water contamination cases linked to natural gas drilling—despite new concerns about water safety—given a lack of political will ...
Material Asbestos Losses to Continue Unabated: AM Best
Industry losses from asbestos and environmental claims grew 12 percent in 2012, after a 31 percent decline in 2011, A.M. Best reported Monday. Although a special report by the Oldwick, N.J.-based ...
U.S. Sets First Curbs on Power Plant Carbon Emissions
The Obama administration on Friday announced first-ever regulations setting strict limits on the amount of carbon pollution that can be generated by any new U.S. power plant, which quickly sparked a ...
Fracking Pollution In Wyoming Cast In Doubt As EPA Drops Probe
The only finding by U.S. regulators of water contamination from fracking was thrown into doubt Friday when the federal government halted its investigation and handed the probe over to the State of ...
New Federal Fracking Rules Proposed; Won’t Apply To Drilling On State Lands
On Thursday, the Obama administration unveiled a new proposal for regulating hydraulic fracturing on federal lands, rolling back some measures from its original, abandoned draft as it sought to ease ...
Florida Sues BP On 3-Year Anniversary Of Oil Spill
Florida's attorney general has filed a lawsuit against BP and Halliburton on the three-year anniversary of the 2010 Gulf oil spill. Pam Bondi filed the 40-page lawsuit Saturday in federal court in ...