Fracking – Now Canada joins the fray in Nafta Chapter 11 claim
In Lone Pine Resoures v Canada, the company involved has filed a claim under NAFTA’s Chapter 11, which protects investors against ‘regulatory takings’. Quebec has placed a moratorium on fracking (shale...
View ArticleIntroducing the Frog. A blog on the law of fracking.
Leonie Reins and myself have launched the Frog – a Fracking Blog. A blog on all thing fracking. No more to add than to encourage you to have a peek. Geert.
View Article‘Minimum principles’ for shale gas regulation in the EU are a shot across the...
Over at the FROG Leonie Reins and myself report on the minimum principles which the European Commission have adopted for shale gas regulation. A recommendation only – not a proposal for Directive or...
View ArticleReady steady, flare? The ECJ in Marktgemeinde Straßwalchen limits the scope...
In a judgment undoubtedly with consequences for the fracking industry in the EU, the ECJ held yesterday in Marktgemeinde Straßwalchen, Case C-531/13. Rohöl-Aufsuchungs AG had obtained authorisation to...
View ArticleNew York fracking boundaries: The ultimate relocation advice resulting from...
Travel is a wonderful opportunity to catch up on reading back issues of The Economist. Now I have made a valiant effort in recent years to reduce the pile. I am now only a few months behind. (I read...
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