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AUSTIN – The Railroad Commission activated personnel Friday evening in response to a 5.4 magnitude earthquake about a dozen miles north of Midland in Martin County and will take any necessary actions to protect public safety and the environment.

PITTSBURGH – Two defendants have been dismissed from litigation brought by a Western Pennsylvania man who allegedly suffered a number of health complications and diminished value of his property, after nearby fracking operations were conducted.

PITTSBURGH – In response to litigation brought by a Western Pennsylvania man who allegedly suffered a number of health complications and diminished value of his property, an oil company has argued that any contamination the plaintiff suffered did not come from its well.

Earlier this year the federal EPA approved a new injection well for Plum Borough in Allegheny County, PA (see Federal EPA Approves Permit for Plum, PA Wastewater Injection Well). Although federal approval is necessary, so too is state approval. The PA Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) held a public hearing Monday night to elicit input.

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PITTSBURGH – Fracking companies have filed preliminary objections in litigation brought by a Western Pennsylvania man, a plaintiff who allegedly suffered a number of health complications and diminished value of his property.

PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania man’s lawsuit alleging that he suffered a number of health complications and diminished value of his property, after the defendants conducted fracking operations in the vicinity of his residence, has been sent to the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas’s Commerce and Complex Litigation Center.

Since 2009, earthquakes have been rapidly rising in the Delaware Basin – a prolific oil-producing region in West Texas and New Mexico. According to a study led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, the majority of them can be linked to oil and gas production.

Eastern Utah earthquakes Tuesday felt by people in the Grand Junction area occurred in a part of the state not especially prone to seismic activity, although such tremors aren’t uncommon

Agency Working on Application to Gain Primacy from EPA May 03, 2022 AUSTIN – The Railroad Commission today took a major step forward in its application process to gain primacy from the EPA for Class VI injection wells.