After receiving more than 2.5 million public comments, the EPA has withdrawn its April 13, 2012, proposed new source performance standard for emissions of carbon dioxide for new affected fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units. Based on public comments, the EPA published a new proposed standard on January 8, 2014, which includes a separate performance standard for fossil fuel-fired electric utility steam generating units and integrated gasification combined cycle units that burn coal, petroleum coke, and other fossil fuels that is based on partial implementation of carbon capture and storage as the best system of emission reduction.
John F. Peiserich & Michael R. Christian, A Summary of Revisions to Idaho’s Oil and Gas Conservation Act and Rules: Responding as Production in Idaho Nears Reality, 49 IDAHO L. REV. 497 (2013).
PRESENTED TO THE 16TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON LITIGATING TAKINGS CHALLENGES TO LAND USE AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
PANEL ON GOVERNMENT LIABILITY FOR FLOODING AFTER ARKANSAS GAME & FISH COMMISSION V. UNITED STATES, 133 S. CT. 511 (2012)
In January 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey released a report on its study that examined the water quality of 127 shallow domestic wells in the Fayetteville Shale natural gas production area of Arkansas, entitled: Shallow Groundwater Quality and Geochemistry in the Fayetteville Shale Gas-Production Area, North-Central Arkansas, 2011.
