by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS June 26, 201411:33 PM ET EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — Central Oklahoma residents are demanding to know whether earthquake swarms that have shaken their homes and their nerves in recent months are caused by oil and gas drilling operations in the area. About 500 people attended a meeting with regulators and research geologists Thursday night in [...]
Geologists link state’s increase in earthquakes to fracking July 2, 2014 5:00AM ET by L.E. Ellison The T-shirts say it all: Keep calm and polka on. It has been almost three years since a 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Prague, Oklahoma, buckling a highway, cracking structures and rattling nerves. It was the largest earthquake ever recorded in the state. City workers [...]
One of the unique features of life in South Louisiana is the relaxed pace. We tend to pause more than people in the rest of the country to celebrate and reflect upon the bounty around us—friends, family, nature, and tradition. As summer takes hold, days are ideally spent at crawfish boils, on the beach, fishing, or relaxing indoors, taking life [...]
Tens of thousands of chemicals have not been reviewed by the EPA, and people are starting to ask questions June 27, 2014 6:36PM ET by Peter Moskowitz @ptrmsk This week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hit a major milestone that some people, including leaders at the agency itself, think shouldn’t be celebrated. On Wednesday, the agency released a final [...]
June 26, 2014 12:30PM ET by Benjamin Shingler @benshingler Canada's top court has sided with a British Columbia indigenous tribe in a case that could have wide-reaching implications for land disputes over traditional aboriginal territories. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday in favor of the Tsilhqot’in Nation, a tribe of 3,000 in the remote interior of the Canadian province, [...]
If you work in the construction industry it is likely that at some point, someone has refused to pay you. Whether you are a contractor, subcontractor, or employed by a contractor or subcontractor, it is important that you understand the power of a lien. A lien can provide you with powerful protection in a situation where you are unjustly denied [...]
