Wastewater Injection Shaking Oklahoma; Tracking, Management Needed February 23, 2015 By Mary Duenwald Not so many years ago, earthquake science was no more relevant to Oklahoma than marine biology. But these days the...
Ohio’s Supreme Court Affirms State’s Power to Regulate Oil and Gas February 18, 2015 By Julie Carr Smyth Certain local zoning laws can’t be used to supersede Ohio’s state-level system for regulating oil and gas drilling, a fiercely...
Geologists Look for Earthquake, Fracking Connection in Kansas February 6, 2015 By John Green For at the last 15 months, Kansas geologist Rex Buchanan estimates, he’s spent 90 percent of his time studying something...
Wyoming Fracking Trade-Secret Justification Required Under Deal January 29, 2015 By Mead Gruver A legal settlement will require petroleum companies to provide justification when they ask Wyoming regulators to withhold from the public...
Kansas Geologists Seek More Funding for Earthquake Monitoring January 28, 2015 Kansas geologists say they need more funding to investigate an unprecedented spike in earthquakes in the state. Kansas Geological Survey...
Kansas State Official Links Quakes to Waste Water Disposal January 20, 2015 A state group says a steep increase in earthquakes in south-central Kansas likely is caused by the disposal of waste...
More Earthquakes in Oklahoma in 2014 than in Past 30 Years January 8, 2015 Officials say Oklahoma had more earthquakes last year than in the past 30 years. The U.S. Geological Survey says 567...
Most Popular Insurance Journal South Central Stories of 2014 December 31, 2014 Fraud, higher homeowners rates, fracking, and electronic traffic tickets are topics that drove readers to the following stories on InsuranceJournal.com...
New York Will Move to Prohibit Fracking December 18, 2014 By Mary Esch New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration will move to prevent fracking in the state, citing unresolved health issues and dubious...
Small Quake Near Dallas Stirs Fracking Critics November 24, 2014 By Jim Forsyth A light earthquake shook the Dallas-Ft. Worth area of North Texas at night on Nov. 22, leaving no known damage...