Over a five-year period, more than half of conventional oil and gas operators failed to report how much gas they pulled from the ground and if their equipment is safe.
The West Virginia legislative session starting next week will feature more of the same goals for environmentalists — greater protection from oil and gas well pollution and cleaner water.
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia legislative session starting this week will feature more of the same goals for environmentalists — greater protection from oil and gas well pollution and cleaner
The Department of Environmental Protection rebuked the conventional oil and gas drilling industry for failing to comply with state regulations, saying that failing to report key data about wells to the state “seems to be an industry-wide rule rather than the exception.” “Over the past five years, DEP’s OOGM (Office
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has told key state legislators that no additional requirements are needed to protect the air quality from horizontal oil and gas drilling.