tag oil-spills 
MGKF Law
JULY 5, 2022
May 26, 2022), the Fifth Circuit ruled that the Seventh Amendment guarantees the right to a jury trial for defendants facing subrogation and recoupment claims under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (the “OPA”).
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
From February 10 to 16, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 702 inspection entries. related to DEP orders to clean up a wastewater release from conventional oil wells that contaminated the Village of Reno’s water supply in Venango County based on a request from Petro Erie, Inc.
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PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 12, 2023
From August 5 to 11, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 555 inspection entries. Oil City Council voted to seek an emergency permit from DEP to sell water to the Venango Water Company to supply the Village of Reno. Read more here. The wastewater tank was empty.
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 17, 2023
From June 10 to 16, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 651 inspection entries that resulted in reporting 67 violations of environmental regulations-- 61 violations by the conventional oil and gas industry and 6 violations by the unconventional shale natural gas industry.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 30, 2022
DEP reported the following companies were penalized for failure to plug oil and gas wells after abandonment, several larger penalties included other violations-- -- Aiello Bros Oil (McKean) - $32,563 -- Allegheny Enterprises (Clarion, Elk) - $1,000 -- Charis Energy, Inc. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 16, 2021
Friel Otten: One Year After Mariner East Pipeline Spill 33 Acres Of Marsh Creek State Park Lake Is Still Off Limits, No Remediation Done DEP Collects $140,000 Penalty From ETC Northeast Field Services For Pipeline Construction Violations In Beaver County PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council Meets Aug.
Law Columbia
JANUARY 16, 2019
The escalating costs of damages from extreme weather events, many exacerbated by climate change, makes poignant a question with a serious price tag: who will be on the hook to pay for climate damages? These leaks are only a fraction of the 90,000 barrels spilled in Louisiana in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina.
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