Friday, December 19, 2014
New York Bans Fracking Due To Environmental and Safety Concerns
Posted in Environmental
On Wednesday, December 17, 2014, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration announced that it was banning the practice of hydraulic fracturing throughout New York State. The controversial practice, commonly known as “fracking” is a method to extract oil and gas from underground rock formations. Fracking involves injecting large amounts of water, sand and other chemicals underground to…
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Federal District Court Finds BP Grossly Negligent In 2010 Oil Spill
Posted in Environmental
A major decision regarding the first phase of the trial for the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was issued by a Federal District Court in New Orleans on September 4, 2014. The 153 page decision by Judge Carl Barbier found that BP, Halliburton and Transocean all contributed to the Deepwater Horizon…
