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Illinois Fracking Registration Off to Slow Start
Illinois Fracking Registration Off to Slow Start
Illinois Fracking Registration Off to Slow Start
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Two months since Illinois enacted rules for high-volume oil and gas drilling, no company has applied for a state permit to put hydraulic fracturing to use. The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reports Denver-based Strata-X Energy registered Nov...
Judge Denies Bid to Halt State's Fracking Rules
Judge Denies Bid to Halt State's Fracking Rules
Judge Denies Bid to Halt State's Fracking Rules
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A southwestern Illinois judge has denied a bid by landowners group to put Illinois' new rules for high-volume oil and gas drilling on hold. Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder rejected the request for a preliminary injunction on Friday...
Judge To Consider Request for Fracking Injunction
Judge To Consider Request for Fracking Injunction
Judge To Consider Request for Fracking Injunction
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A southern Illinois judge is set to hear arguments in a lawsuit filed by landowners to stop high-volume oil and gas drilling in the state. Madison County Judge Barbara Crowder on Tuesday will consider residents' request for a preliminary injunction to halt implementation of new state rules to regulate hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking...
Business And Labor Groups Say Propoosed Fracking Rules Too Strict [AUDIO]
Business And Labor Groups Say Propoosed Fracking Rules Too Strict [AUDIO]
Business And Labor Groups Say Propoosed Fracking Rules Too Strict [AUDIO]
Jim Anderson -- Illinois Radio Network Fracking interests have examined the proposed rules, and they are not happy. The coalition that pushed through legislation to allow hydraulic fracturing to access oil and gas reserves in Southern Illinois says it has 66 complaints about the long-awaited rules proposed by the Department of Natural Resources...
Illinois DNR Releases Proposed Rules on Hydraulic Fracturing
Illinois DNR Releases Proposed Rules on Hydraulic Fracturing
Illinois DNR Releases Proposed Rules on Hydraulic Fracturing
Dave Dahl -- Illinois Radio Network There’s something for everybody not to like in the rollout of the latest proposed rules for implementing hydraulic fracturing in Illinois. Not only did the proposal take 14 months to write, the rules are too restrictive, in the opinion of Mark Denzler, vice president of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association...
Talking Fracking & "The Boom" With Russell Gold
Talking Fracking & "The Boom" With Russell Gold
Talking Fracking & "The Boom" With Russell Gold
Fracking is one of the most talked-about issues in the country today and recently we had one of the most knowledgeable reporters on the subject on the show to discuss. Russell Gold is an investigative journalist and energy reporter at the Wall Street Journal...