API President and CEO Jack Gerard said that Gina McCarthy’s nomination as President Obama’s next EPAFederal agency that regulates industrial impacts on the environment. administrator comes at critical moment as America is poised to become a global energy superpower. “We congratulate Gina McCarthy on her nomination to head the EPAFederal agency that regulates industrial impacts
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The U.S. Department of State released a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) in response to TransCanada’s May 2012 application for the Keystone XL pipelineUnderground or surface tubing or piping that is installed across states, countries and continents to deliver fuel. New pipelines are being built in Pennsylvania and New Jersey to transport natural gas,
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The safe development of the Marcellus ShaleA fine grained sedimentary rock composed mostly of consolidated clay or mud. Shale is the most frequently occurring sedimentary rock.ShaleA fine grained sedimentary rock composed mostly of consolidated clay or mud. Shale is the most frequently occurring sedimentary rock. is one of the most highly productive types of sedimentary
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The U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyFederal agency that regulates industrial impacts on the environment. (EPAFederal agency that regulates industrial impacts on the environment.) provided an update on its ongoing national study currently underway to better understand any potential impacts of hydraulic fracturingRefers to a method used by producers to extract more natural gas from a well
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