Shale Law Podcast

This week's episode covers a court decision regarding the Mountain Valley Pipeline's Southgate Project, a motion to intervene in the lawsuit regarding the ban on fracking in the Delaware River Basin, FERC issuing an Environmental Assessment for the East Lateral XPress Project, and a report indicating the ban on oil and gas leasing on federal lands would disproportionately effect New Mexico in the Permian Basin.  Host:  Sara Jenkins, Research Assistant Editor: Erin M. Lieberman, Research Assistant  For a print version, see the Shale Law Weekly Review. Follow us on Twitter @AgShaleLaw  Like us on Facebook Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law   Music is “Caazapá (Aire Popular Paraguayo)” by Edson Lopes and is licensed under CC BY 3.0. 

This week's episode covers an update from the PA Natural Gas Production Report, the PA Attorney General settles a lawsuit against Chesapeake Energy, a California City bans construction of new gas stations and expansions of fossil fuel uses at existing stations, and an Ohio District Court enjoining surface disturbing activities in the Wayne National Forest.  Host:  Sara Jenkins, Research Assistant Editor: Erin M. Lieberman, Research Assistant  For a print version, see the Shale Law Weekly Review. Follow us on Twitter @AgShaleLaw  Like us on Facebook Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law   Music is “Caazapá (Aire Popular Paraguayo)” by Edson Lopes and is licensed under CC BY 3.0. 

This week's episode covers the Tenth Circuit's latest decision relating to WOTUS, a Settlement Agreement that will allow the Revolution Pipeline to move forward, and court penalties issued against Exxon Mobile for violations of the Clean Air Act.  Host:  Sara Jenkins, Research Assistant Editor: Erin M. Lieberman, Research Assistant  For a print version, see the Shale Law Weekly Review. Follow us on Twitter @AgShaleLaw  Like us on Facebook Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law   Music is “Caazapá (Aire Popular Paraguayo)” by Edson Lopes and is licensed under CC BY 3.0. 

This week's episode covers an update about the Mountain Valley Pipeline, the ban on fracking in the Delaware River Basin, an international oil spill, and state reactions to the executive order suspending fracking. Host:  Sara Jenkins, Research Assistant Editor: Erin M. Lieberman, Research Assistant  For a print version, see the Shale Law Weekly Review. Follow us on Twitter @AgShaleLaw  Like us on Facebook Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law   Music is “Caazapá (Aire Popular Paraguayo)” by Edson Lopes and is licensed under CC BY 3.0. 

This week's episode covers the 2019 draft guidance for GHG emissions, the EPA granting emergency waivers in Texas, and a study about songbirds and natural gas compressor noises. Host:  Sara Jenkins, Research Assistant Editor: Erin M. Lieberman, Research Assistant  For a print version, see the Shale Law Weekly Review. Follow us on Twitter @AgShaleLaw  Like us on Facebook Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law   Music is “Caazapá (Aire Popular Paraguayo)” by Edson Lopes and is licensed under CC BY 3.0. 

This week's episode covers a withdrawal of certain Department of Justice policies, the Enbridge 3 Pipeline Project, the Arctic Drilling Rule, and the Federal Royalty Rule. Host:  Sara Jenkins, Research Assistant Editor: Erin M. Lieberman, Research Assistant  For a print version, see the Shale Law Weekly Review. Follow us on Twitter @AgShaleLaw  Like us on Facebook Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law   Music is “Caazapá (Aire Popular Paraguayo)” by Edson Lopes and is licensed under CC BY 3.0. 

This week's episode covers the PennEast's eminent domain issue, FERC allowing additional briefing on construction under the Natural Gas Act, the Enbridge energy line replacement, the Seattle City 2018 Energy Code, a delay with the effective date of the Migratory Bird Rule, and the Treasury Bureau delaying publishing a rule that could affect the Oil and Gas industry.  Host:  Sara Jenkins, Research Assistant Editor: Erin M. Lieberman, Research Assistant  For a print version, see the Shale Law Weekly Review. Follow us on Twitter @AgShaleLaw  Like us on Facebook Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law   Music is “Caazapá (Aire Popular Paraguayo)” by Edson Lopes and is licensed under CC BY 3.0. 

This week's episode covers a court decision regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline, an Executive Order suspending some oil and natural gas leases, and GM pledging to be carbon neutral by 2040. Host:  Sara Jenkins, Research Assistant Editor: Erin M. Lieberman, Research Assistant  For a print version, see the Shale Law Weekly Review. Follow us on Twitter @AgShaleLaw  Like us on Facebook Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law   Music is “Caazapá (Aire Popular Paraguayo)” by Edson Lopes and is licensed under CC BY 3.0. 

This week's episode covers more news about Keystone XL, the BLM suspending some leasing and permitting, the Mountain Valley Pipeline, and two updates about Small Refinery Exemptions,  Host:  Sara Jenkins, Research Assistant Editor: Erin M. Lieberman, Research Assistant  For a print version, see the Shale Law Weekly Review for January 15, 2021.  Follow us on Twitter @AgShaleLaw  Like us on Facebook Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law   Music is “Caazapá (Aire Popular Paraguayo)” by Edson Lopes and is licensed under CC BY 3.0. 

This week's episode covers an update about the Keystone XL pipeline, news from the Texas Railroad Commission, changes to the Virginia NWP 12 permitting, and Congressional approval for pipeline safety spending.  Host:  Sara Jenkins, Research Assistant Editor: Erin M. Lieberman, Research Assistant  For a print version, see the Shale Law Weekly Review for January 15, 2021.  Follow us on Twitter @AgShaleLaw  Like us on Facebook Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law   Music is “Caazapá (Aire Popular Paraguayo)” by Edson Lopes and is licensed under CC BY 3.0. 

This week's episode covers proposed amendments to the Railroad Commission of Texas' flaring rules, a proposed rule to amend federal oil and gas royalty regulations, final rules amending EPA's New Source Performance Standards, and North Carolina denial of a water quality certification for the Mountain Valley Pipeline.  Host:  Sara Jenkins, Research Assistant Editor: Jackie Schweichler, Staff Attorney  For a print version, see the Shale Law Weekly Review for August 19, 2020.  Follow us on Twitter @AgShaleLaw  Like us on Facebook Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law   Music is “Caazapá (Aire Popular Paraguayo)” by Edson Lopes and is licensed under CC BY 3.0. 

This week's episode covers a decision by a Colorado District Court, dismissing a lawsuit challenging an air quality emissions regulation which affected oil and gas producers; the issuance of a notice of intent to prepare a SEIS for the Mountain Valley Pipeline; FERC's issuance of a notice of availability on the Environmental Assessment for the PennEast pipeline amendment project; a stay of an injunction by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia which had required the shutdown and emptying of the Dakota Access Pipeline; a judgment by the District Court for the District of Columbia denying a Motion to Enforce the 2016 federal royalty rule; and the dismissal of a lawsuit by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, challenging the "2016 rule" relating to federal royalties.  Host:  Sara Jenkins, Research Assistant Editor: Kaela Gray, Research Assistant  For a print version, see the Shale Law Weekly Review for August 10, 2020.  Follow us on Twitter @AgShaleLaw  Like us on Facebook Penn Sta

This week's Shale Law Podcast covers national energy policy updates including a final rule from the EPA revising the agency's permit appeal process, a proposed policy update from the BLM for oil and gas measurement and site security, Notice of a Final Policy issued by the DOE extending natural gas export authorizations through 2050, and a municipal regulation from Massachusetts where the Office of the Attorney General disapproved a local by-law banning fossil fuel infrastructure in new construction.  Host:  Sara Jenkins, Research Assistant Editor: Kaela Gray, Research Assistant  Follow us on Twitter @AgShaleLaw  Like us on Facebook Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law   Music is “Caazapá (Aire Popular Paraguayo)” by Edson Lopes and is licensed under CC BY 3.0. 

This week the Shale Law Podcast covers a rule by the Bureau of Land Management revising natural gas venting and flaring requirements, the Louisiana State Court of Appeal's decision on the Bayou Bridge Pipeline project, OSHA guidance on COVID-19 for workers in the oil and gas field, the BIA's issuance of a Notification of Trespass Determination for the Andeavor/Tesoro Pipeline, a bill presented to President Trump for the use of revenues from oil and gas development on federal lands, and actions by the state of New Mexico proposing regulations to curb natural gas emissions in the state. Host:  Sara Jenkins, Research Assistant Editor: Kaela Gray, Research Assistant  For a print version, see the Shale Law Weekly Review for July 28, 2020.  Follow us on Twitter @AgShaleLaw  Like us on Facebook Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law   Music is “Caazapá (Aire Popular Paraguayo)” by Edson Lopes and is licensed under CC BY 3.0.     

The Shale Law Podcast for this week reviews an administrative stay, temporarily halting the shutdown of the Dakota Access Pipeline; a Final Rule from the U.S. Council on Environmental Quality updating procedural provisions in NEPA; a grant awarded to the New Mexico Environmental Department to support its underground oil storage tank program; FERC's approval of an extension of time for Delfin LNG, LLC's LNG export facilities in Louisiana; and the extension of a moratorium on new oil and gas development applications by the Boulder County Board of County Commissioners. Host:  Sara Jenkins, Research Assistant Editor: Kaela Gray, Research Assistant  For a print version, see the Shale Law Weekly Review for July 21, 2020.  Follow us on Twitter @AgShaleLaw  Like us on Facebook Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law   Music is “Caazapá (Aire Popular Paraguayo)” by Edson Lopes and is licensed under CC BY 3.0. 

This week The Shale Law Podcast covers a new development regarding the Army Corps of Engineers Nationwide Permit 12 for pipeline approvals, the ordered shut down of the Dakota Access Pipeline, an order granting approval for Jordan Cove Energy Project L.P. to export LNG from its Coos Bay terminal in Oregon, a  ruling from the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit that state court was the proper forum of a "global warming" related case, and the cancellation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline as a result of litigation challenges and uncertainty over NWP 12 permit approvals.  Host:  Sara Jenkins, Research Assistant Editor: Kaela Gray, Research Assistant  For a print version, see the Shale Law Weekly Review for July 13, 2020.  Follow us on Twitter @AgShaleLaw  Like us on Facebook Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law   Music is “Caazapá (Aire Popular Paraguayo)” by Edson Lopes and is licensed under CC BY 3.0. 

This week's episode covers three pipeline developments; a Temporary Restraining Order issued by the Michigan Circuit Court, halting operations of both East and West lines of the Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline; a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that FERC could not use tolling orders to eliminate judicial review of pipeline certificate decisions; and the release of a Grand Jury report on the impacts of hydraulic fracturing in Pennsylvania. This week's podcast also covers two developments from PA, a criminal complaint which was filed against Cabot Oil and Gas Corporation, and Josh Shapiro, the PA Attorney General, announced that Range Resources Corporation pleaded "no contest" for negligent oversight of well sites in Washington County.  Host:  Sara Jenkins, Research Assistant Editor: Kaela Gray, Research Assistant  For a print version, see the Shale Law Weekly Review for July 7, 2020.  Follow us on Twitter @AgShaleLaw  Like us on Facebook Penn State Center for Agricultural and

This week the Shale Law Podcast reviews a FERC authorization order for a Mountain  Valley Pipeline extension project, a move by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacating an injunction placed on the Keystone XL pipeline, the Michigan Court of Appeals affirming a summary judgment ruling on Enbridge Energy's Line 5 pipeline, and guidance issued by the BLM for onshore oil and gas operators who want to apply for royalty rate reductions in the wake of COVID-19.  Host:  Sara Jenkins, Research Assistant Editor: Kaela Gray, Research Assistant  For a print version, see the Shale Law Weekly Review for June 23, 2020.  Follow us on Twitter @AgShaleLaw  Like us on Facebook Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law   Music is “Caazapá (Aire Popular Paraguayo)” by Edson Lopes and is licensed under CC BY 3.0. 

This week's podcast highlights a Memorandum issued by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to expedite environmental reviews on lands in the National Forrest System, a Louisiana bill which would have amended definitions and penalties for unauthorized entry into a critical infrastructure, a Supreme Court opinion allowing the issuance of a permit for pipeline construction under the Appalachian Trail, and an oil and gas lease cancellation on tribal lands within Montana which was upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.  Host:  Sara Jenkins, Research Assistant Editor: Kaela Gray, Research Assistant  For a print version, see the Shale Law Weekly Review for June 23, 2020.  Follow us on Twitter @AgShaleLaw  Like us on Facebook Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law   Music is “Caazapá (Aire Popular Paraguayo)” by Edson Lopes and is licensed under CC BY 3.0. 

This week's podcast discusses a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit regarding PHMSA and the Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline, an Executive Order by President Trump to accelerate energy infrastructure projects, a Final Rule issued by FERC for natural gas projects approved under the Natural Gas Act, and a bill out of Oklahoma which clarifies ownership and responsibility of wastewater from oil and gas production.  Host:  Sara Jenkins, Research Assistant Editor: Kaela Gray, Research Assistant  For a print version, see the Shale Law Weekly Review for June 16, 2020.  Follow us on Twitter @AgShaleLaw  Like us on Facebook Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law   Music is “Caazapá (Aire Popular Paraguayo)” by Edson Lopes and is licensed under CC BY 3.0.