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In the past, the oil and gas industry considered gas locked in tight, impermeable shale uneconomical to produce. However, advances in directional well drilling and reservoir stimulation have dramatically increased gas production from unconventional shales. The United States Geological Survey estimat...
Author
Anthony Andrews, Peter Folger, Marc Humphries, Claudia Copeland, Mary Tieman, Robert Meltz, Cynthia Brougher, Congressional Research Service
Binding
Paperback
Pages
54
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN #
1475278810
EAN Code
9781475278811
ISBN #
6
Mountaintop removal mining involves removing the top of a mountain in order to recover the coal seams contained there. This practice occurs in six Appalachian states (Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and Ohio). It creates an immense quantity of excess spoil (dirt and rock ...
Author
Claudia Copeland
Binding
Kindle Edition
Pages
28
Publisher
Congressional Research Service
ISBN #
5
XAMonline AP Chemistry is unique because of the clarity of thought and it is written to the standards created by the College Board. It is updated for the 2016 test which focus on the Big Ideas, Essential Knowledge, Enduring Understanding. Hundreds of sample test questions can be applied to the learn...
Author
Donna Bassolino, Claudia Copeland
Binding
Paperback
Pages
346
Publisher
XAMOnline
ISBN #
1607875543
EAN Code
9781607875543
ISBN #
1
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the release of waste from animal feedlots to surface water, groundwater, soil, and air is associated with a range of human health and ecological impacts and contributes to degradation of the nation’s surface waters. The most dramatic ecological impac...
Author
Claudia Copeland
Binding
Kindle Edition
Pages
34
Publisher
Congressional Research Service
ISBN #
10
Section 401 of the Clean Water Act requires that an applicant for a federal license or permit provide a certification that any discharges from the facility will comply with the act, including water quality standard requirements. Disputes have arisen over the states’ exercise of this authority in pro...
Author
Claudia Copeland
Binding
Kindle Edition
Pages
11
Publisher
Congressional Research Service
ISBN #
9
Since Barack Obama was sworn in as President in 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed and promulgated numerous regulations implementing the pollution control statutes enacted by Congress. Critics have reacted strongly. Many, both within Congress and outside of it, have accused...
Author
James E. McCarthy, Claudia Copeland
Binding
Paperback
Pages
44
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN #
1478326778
EAN Code
9781478326779
ISBN #
8
In October 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a regulation to revise a 2003 Clean Water Act rule governing waste discharges from large confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs). This action was necessitated by a 2005 federal court decision (Waterkeeper Alliance et al. v. EPA, 39...
Author
Claudia Copeland
Binding
Paperback
Pages
24
Publisher
BiblioGov
ISBN #
128866527X
EAN Code
9781288665273
ISBN #
7
Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) requires states to identify waters that are impaired by pollution, even after application of pollution controls. For those waters, states must establish a total maximum daily load (TMDL) of pollutants to ensure that water quality standards can be attained....
Author
Claudia Copeland
Binding
Kindle Edition
Pages
31
Publisher
Congressional Research Service
ISBN #
4